Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus chalaranthus Boiss. & Hausskn. sect. Campylanthus |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 2: 390 (1873) |
Native Range | w. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2100-3000m |
Description | branchlets glabrous, stipules vaginate-connate, triangular, leaflets 6-7 pairs, complicate, oblong, mucronate, flowers in sessile, ovate, few-flowered raceme |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | yellow-white |
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 |
Synonyms | Astragalus susianus ssp. sericeus Tietz Tragacantha chalarantha (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |