Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus bowes-lyonii Podlech sect. Brachycarpus |
Bibliography | Sendtnera 6: 140 (1999) |
Native Range | Pakistan (Chitral) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3600-3700m |
Description | acaulescent, appresed hirsute, stipules greenish, triangular, leaves 5-6-jugate, leaflets remote, elliptic, 5-12mm, acute, adaxially glabrous, plicate, raceme compact |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |