Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus pulcher Korovin sect. Laguropsis |
Bibliography | Trudy Turkestansk. Nauchn. Obshch. 1: 73 (1923) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves 4-7cm, leaflets 4-5 pairs, remote, elliptic, acute, 7-15mm, rigid, silvery appresed hirsute, raceme spherical, dense, many flowered, flowers ca. 17mm long |
Size | 17-20cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | spring, early 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 (KAZ Kazakhstan, UZB Uzbekistan) |