Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus webbianus Benth. sect. Caprini |
Bibliography | Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [J.F.Royle]: 199 (1835) |
Native Range | ne. Afghanistan to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 3600-5000m |
Description | leaves 8-22cm, petiolate, leaflets 17-23 pairs, elliptic to obovate, rounded, abaxially sparsely hirsute, raceme 2-5-flowered, flowers 24-27mm long, pod ellipsoid, glabrous |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Astragalus minutifoliatus Wendelbo Tragacantha webbiana (Benth.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |