Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Caragana pygmaea (L.) DC. trib. Hedysareae |
Synonyms | Robinia pygmaea L. |
Caragana altaica (Kom.) Pojark. | |
Caragana komarovii Schischk. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 900-1300m |
Description | leaves palmatipinnate, leaflets 4, oblanceolate to linear, 7-17mm, glabrous, obtuse to acute, flowers solitary, pedicellate, corolla 10-16mm, pod linear, 2-3cm, glabrescent |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | spinose shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 3-6 months, cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) China (Inner Mongolia , Manchuria , Xinjiang ) Mongolia |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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