Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus michauxianus Boiss. sect. Adiaspastus |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2: 62 (1843) |
Native Range | n. & w. Iran to se. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Description | branchlets procumbent, glabrous, stipules lanceolate, leaflets 6-7 pairs, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, glabrous, flowers of 5-6, axillary, forming ovate-globular head |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Astracantha michauxiana (Boiss.) Podlech Astragalus breviflorus var. glaber DC. Astragalus laxus Boiss. & Hausskn. Astragalus michauxianus ssp. haussknechtianus Širj. Astragalus remotifolius Boiss. & Hausskn. Tragacantha michauxiana (Boiss.) Kuntze Tragacantha remotifolia (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |