Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus saxorum N.D.Simpson sect. Komaroviella |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 245 (1915) |
Native Range | sc. China to Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 900-1500m |
Description | leaves 3-6cm, leaflets 7-10 pairs, obovate, 4-7mm, retuse, densely hirsute, abaxially brownish punctate, flowers 10-15 in umbellate raceme, corolla 6-8mm long |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | pale purplish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) |