Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus suberosus Banks & Sol. sect. Platyglottis |
Bibliography | Nat. Hist. Aleppo [A. Russell], ed. 2, 2: 260 (1794) |
Native Range | e. Medit. to Iran |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-1500m |
Description | leaves 2-8cm, leaflets 8-12 pairs, oblong-cuneate, obtuse or emarginate, abaxially hirsute, adaxially glabrous, flowers 2-6 in dense raceme, corolla ca. 18mm, pod oblong, glabrous |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | yellow-white, yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 ancyleus Boiss. Astragalus ancyleus var. singarensis Širj. Astragalus kirkukensis Eig Astragalus kotschyanus Fisch. Astragalus lividus Bunge Astragalus pamphylicus Boiss. Astragalus suberosus ssp. ancyleus (Boiss.) V.A.Matthews Astragalus suberosus var. hartmannii (Holmboe) Meikle Astragalus suberosus ssp. mersinensis (Širj.) V.A.Matthews Astragalus suberosus var. parviflorus Eig Astragalus tuberculosus DC. Astragalus tuberculosus var. hartmannii Holmboe Astragalus tuberculosus ssp. mersinensis Širj. Tragacantha ancylea (Boiss.) Kuntze Tragacantha pamphylica (Boiss.) Kuntze Tragacantha tuberculosa (DC.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |