Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus marivanensis Podlech & Maassoumi sect. Hymenostegis |
Bibliography | Sendtnera 7: 207 (2001) |
Native Range | nw. Iran to e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Altitude | 1100-2000m |
Description | spinose, leaves 4-12cm, petiolate, leaflets 6-9 pairs, narrowly elliptic, 6-20mm, acuminate, acerose, hirsute, racemes pedunculate, ovoid, densely many flowered |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, 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, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |