Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus apiculatus Gontsch. sect. Caprini |
Bibliography | Fl. Tadzhiksk. S.S.R. 5: 668 (1937) |
Native Range | Central Asia (Pamir) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 2700-3100m |
Description | leaves 9-10cm, leaflets 20-26 pairs, ovate, 6-8mm, whitish, cartilagineous-mucronate, softly hirsute, flowers amongst leaves, 18-20mm long, pod sparsely white lanate, unilocular |
Size | 6-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 (TZK Tadzhikistan) |