Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus tenuiscapus Freyn & Bornm. sect. Malacothrix |
Bibliography | Bull. Herb. Boissier 5: 590 (1897) |
Native Range | c. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1800-4000m |
Description | leaves 2-3cm, shortly petiolate, leaflets 8-9 pairs, obovate, ca. 5mm, complicate, densely adpressed hirsute, flowers 8-10, sessile in compact spike, corolla 18mm |
Size | 6-8cm |
Color | white |
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 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |