Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus dshangartensis Sumnev. sect. Helmia |
Bibliography | Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1933(1-2): 5 (1933) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1900-3100m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 2-3cm, leaflets 5-7, narrowly oblong, 4-6mm, white appressed hirsute, flowers in dense raceme, pod linear-oblong, long white, adpressed hirsute |
Size | 5-9cm |
Color | bluish purple |
Bloom | spring |
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 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |