Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus floccosifolius Sumnev. sect. Erionotus |
Bibliography | Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1936(9-10): 2 (1937) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 800-3100m |
Description | leaves 10-19cm, petiolate, leaflets 18-25 pairs, oval-oblong to lanceolate, rounded, 6-10mm, adaxially white floccose, glabrescent, raceme amongst leaves, 4-6-flowered |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Astragalus ephemeretorum Gontsch. Astragalus ephemeretorum ssp. bilobulatus Rassulova Astragalus floccosifolius f. cauliger Rassulova Astragalus pseudolanuginosus Gontsch. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |