Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus dignus Boriss. sect. Gontscharoviella |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 10: 44 (1947) |
Native Range | Central Asia to nw. Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2800-4000m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves long petiolate, leaflets of 6-8 in 7-10 approximate whorls, lanceolate, obtuse, 4-7mm, lanate, flowers 3-4, subradical, corolla 20-24mm, pod ventricose |
Size | 8-20cm |
Color | yellow, turning red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |