Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus syriacus L. sect. Dissitiflori |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 759 (1753) |
Native Range | Siberia to Russian Far East and Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves petiolate, leaflets 15-21, sessile, opposite, ovate-oblong, on both faces softly lanate, floral scapes axillary, villose, flowers large, 5-8, in capitate spike |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 fruticosus Pall. Astragalus macrolobus var. angustifolius Basil. Astragalus suffruticosus DC. Tragacantha fruticosa (Pall.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 37 Mongolia |