Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus siliquosus Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2: 51 (1843) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Afghanistan and se. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | green, glabrescens, stems virgate, leaves 6-10-jugate, leaflets oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, flowers in lax long raceme, calyx black hirsute, pod pendent, acute |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Astragalus conjecturalis Schischk. Astragalus ispahanicus Boiss. Astragalus laxus Boiss. & Hausskn. Astragalus sulfureus Bunge Astragalus tetragonocarpus Boiss. Poecilocarpus ispahanicus (Boiss.) Nevski Tragacantha ispahanica (Boiss.) Kuntze Tragacantha laxa (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Kuntze Tragacantha siliquosa (Boiss.) Kuntze Tragacantha sulfurea (Bunge) Kuntze Tragacantha tetragonocarpa (Boiss.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |