Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus huiningensis Y.C.Ho sect. Melilotopsis |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves 1-3cm long, subsessile, leaflets 5-8 pairs, narrowly elliptic, rounded, abaxially hirsute, raceme loosely 10-15-flowered, flowers ca. 5mm long, pod ovoid, subglabrous |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , Inner Mongolia , China North-Central , Qinghai) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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