Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus laspurensis Ali sect. Onobrychoidei |
Bibliography | Phyton (Horn) 11: 139 (1966) |
Native Range | Xinjiang to nw. Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 3000-4600m |
Description | leaves 3-5cm, leaflets 4-7 pairs, obovate, 3-6mm, white appressed hirsute, flowers 7-10 in dense capitate raceme, corolla 10-14mm, pod narrowly cylindrical, white hirsute |
Size | 15-22cm |
Color | pale purple, yellow |
Bloom | spring |
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 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |