Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus rupifragus Pall. sect. Trachycercis |
Bibliography | Sp. Astragal.: 86 (1800) |
Native Range | Krym to West Siberia and Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Description | leaves 3-10cm long, leaflets 7-12 pairs, oblong or elliptic, densely long adpressed hirsute, flowers 3-10 in raceme, corolla 20-25mm long, pod sessile, erect, ovoid, hirsute |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | whitish, purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
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 |
Synonyms | Ailuroschia rupifraga (Pall.) Steven Astragalus cinerascens DC. ex Steud. Astragalus longipes Steud. Astragalus sareptanus A.K.Becker Myobroma rupifraga (Pall.) Steven Tragacantha rupifraga (Pall.) Kuntze |
Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) |