Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus schachdarinus Lipsky sect. Dissitiflori |
Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 26: 181 (1910) |
Native Range | Central Asia to ne. Afghanistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-3500m |
Description | subcaulescent, silvery hirsute, leaflets 3-4-pairs, oblong, acuminate, flowers in long, pedunculate, lax raceme, flowers 12-15mm long, calyx hirsute |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | blue |
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 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) |