Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus longiscapus C.C.Ni & P.C.Li sect. Pseudotapinodes |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 4000-4700m |
Description | leaves 5-10cm, leaflets 3-5 pairs, narrowly oblong, 5-8mm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially densely white appressed hirsute, flowers many in dense capitate raceme, corolla 6mm |
Size | 4-10cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Nepal) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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