Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus aintabicus Boiss. sect. Pterophorus |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 9: 86 (1849) |
Native Range | s. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets glabrous, spines long, patule, leaves 6-7-jugate, leaflets remote, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, long spinose, flowers 3-5, axillary, producing on base of branchlets head |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |