Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus borissianus Gontsch. sect. Tropidolobus |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 10: 35 (1947) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves shortly petiolate, pinnate, leaflets 10-13 pairs, lanceolate, acute, 7-15mm long, rigid, appresed white hirsute, raceme compact, short, 6-8-flowered, pod hard |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring, early 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |