Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Tibetia yadongensis H.B.Tsui trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Bull. Bot. Lab. N. E. Forest. Inst., Harbin 5: 52 (1979) |
Native Range | sc. China to Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-4100m |
Description | leaves imparipinnate, 3-6cm, leaflets 7-15, elliptic to obcordate, 7-10mm, at apex partite, pilose, flowers 1-2 in umbel, corolla ca. 1cm long, pod cylindrical, pilose |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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, CHT Tibet) |