Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus roseus Ledeb. sect. Tanythrix |
Bibliography | Fl. Altaic. 3: 330 (1831) |
Native Range | sw. Siberia to Central Asia and nw. Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Description | leaflets 9-13 pairs, oval to oblong, 5-15mm, densely adpressed hirsute, flowers in dense, capitate raceme, corolla 12-17mm, pod densely adpressed white hirsute, 7-9mm |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Alopecias dasycephalus Steven Alopecias roseus (Ledeb.) Steven Astragalus dasycephalus Besser ex Steven Tragacantha rosea (Ledeb.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |