Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Phyllolobium prodigiosum (K.T.Fu) M.L.Zhang & Podlech trib. Galegeae |
Synonyms | Astragalus prodigiosus K.T.Fu |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3300-3800m |
Description | shortly white hirsute, leaves 2-4cm, subsessile, leaflets 3-9 pairs, linear to narrowly elliptic, acute, flowers 3-5 in raceme, corolla 8-10mm long, pod obovoid, 12mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem ascending |
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, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , Tibet) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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