Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus arvatensis Gontsch. sect. Ammodendron |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 9: 150 (1946) |
Native Range | s. Turkmenistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Description | leaves 1-2cm, leaflets of 3, obovate-oblong, 5-10mm, obtuse, rigid, shortly appresed hirsute, raceme 1-2cm, 2-6-flowered, flowers ca. 15mm, pod oblong, shortly white hirsute |
Size | 10-14cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) |