Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus roschanicus B.Fedtsch. sect. Aegacantha |
Bibliography | Fl. Tadzhiksk. S.S.R. 5: 673 (1937) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | spines 3-5cm long, leaves 3-5cm long, leaflets 6-11 pairs, obovate, obtuse, mucronate, on both faces hirsute, flowers on short peduncle, pod 1cm, coriaceous, white hirsute |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 (TZK Tadzhikistan) |