Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus oplites Benth. ex R.Parker |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921: 270 (1921) |
Native Range | sw. Tibet to Pakistan and w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3000-4800m |
Description | young branchlets pilose, leaves paripinnate, leaflets numerous, ca. 1cm, elliptic-oblong, obtuse or truncate, connate, adaxially glabrous, flowers in pedunculate raceme |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny 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 |
Synonyms | Astragalus cicerifolius Royle ex Bunge Astragalus zanskarensis ssp. oplites (Benth. ex R.Parker) I.Deml |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |