Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus cyrtobasis Bunge ex Boiss. sect. Chaetodon |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 2: 497 (1873) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | adpressed grey-white sericeous, stipules long lanceolate, leaflets 6-8 pairs, obovate-oblong, mucronate, spike axillary, sessile, bracts long linear, calyx lanate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | late spring, 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 |
Synonyms | Tragacantha cyrtobasis (Bunge ex Boiss.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |