Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus substipitatus Gontsch. sect. Caprini |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 9: 122 (1946)¨ |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 400-1500m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 10-15cm long, petiolate, leaflets 16-22-pairs, ovate, rounded, 6-15mm, adaxially glabrous, flowers sessile amongst leaves, corolla 23-27mm, pod ovoid |
Size | 7-20cm |
Color | yellow, turning red |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |