Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus hezarensis Zarre & Podlech sect. Acanthophace |
Bibliography | Sendtnera 7: 242 (2001) |
Native Range | s. Iran |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3700-3800m |
Description | spinose, stipules cartilagineous, yellow-white, leaves 1-6cm, leaflets 5-7 pairs, grey-green, 2-6mm, obovate, obtuse, adaxially glabrous, abaxially glabrescent |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |