Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus nervistipulus Boiss. & Hausskn. sect. Hymenostegis |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 2: 384 (1872) |
Native Range | w. Iran to ne. Iraq |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | grey hispid, leaves 6-10-jugate, leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, sharply acute, flowers in compact, cylindrical spike, bracts oblong-lanceolate, calyx adpressed hirsute |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | sulphur yellow |
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 |
Synonyms | Astragalus chrysostachys var. dolichourus Širj. & Rech.f. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq) |