Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus shagalensis Grossh. sect. Onobrychoidei |
Bibliography | Fl. Kavkaza 2: 312 (1930) |
Native Range | e. Turkey to nw. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaflets 5-8 pairs, small, ovate-oblong, green, 3-5mm, flowers in dense, oblong head, calyx shortly tubular, corolla 12mm long, pod 6-7mm, appressed pubescent |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | bright violet pink |
Bloom | summer |
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 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |