Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Hedysarum lehmannianum Bunge trib. Hedysareae |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | alpine |
Description | appresed grey hirsute, leaflets 6-8 pairs, minute, obovate-elliptic, retuse, adaxially pubescent, flowers in capitate raceme, pod sericeous-lanate |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan ) Western Asia (Afghanistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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