Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Phyllolobium heydei (Baker) M.L.Zhang & Podlech trib. Galegeae |
Synonyms | Astragalus heydei Baker |
Astragalus hendersonii Baker | |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 4500-5800m |
Description | leaves 1-3cm, subsessile, leaflets 4-7 pairs, broadly elliptic, obtuse, adaxially glabrous, abaxially hirsute, flowers 1-5 in spherical raceme, corolla 9-11mm long |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | rose, pale violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
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 ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Nepal , Pakistan , West Himalaya) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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