| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Astragalus tibeticola Podlech & L.R.Xu sect. Poliothrix |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves 6-12cm, petiolate, leaflets 9-11 pairs, narrowly elliptic, rounded, abaxially white appressed hirsute, raceme ovoid, loosely 7-15-flowered, flowers ca. 6mm long |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | mauve, center whitish |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| 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 (Tibet) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | FABACEAE
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