Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus saxorum N.D.Simpson sect. Komaroviella |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 900-1500m |
Description | leaves 3-6cm, leaflets 7-10 pairs, obovate, 4-7mm, retuse, densely hirsute, abaxially brownish punctate, flowers 10-15 in umbellate raceme, corolla 6-8mm long |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | pale purplish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem ascending |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , Qinghai , Tibet , Xinjiang) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
saxorum magniflorus Y.H.Wu, Fl. Kunlunica 2: 722 (2015)
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