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Astragalus monanthemus

Astragalus monanthemus is a low perennial milkvetch from the pea family, native to northern Iran and grown mainly as a rock garden or alpine-style plant. It needs good drainage and cool, open conditions to thrive.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and let the soil dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy mix with some lime.
Temperature
Hardy to around -20 °C; prefers cool summers and dislikes prolonged heat and humidity.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Iran
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

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Astragalus monanthemus is a species of milkvetch in the family Fabaceae.

Other Astragalus plants

Astragalus aboriginum · Rogue River milkvetch · Sharp-leaved Milk Vetch · Sharpkeel milkvetch · Humboldt County milkvetch · Purple milkvetch · Cushenbury milkvetch · Astragalus alopecurus · Alpine milkvetch · Crescent milkvetch · Hermit Milkvetch · Anderson's milkvetch

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Astragalus monanthemus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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