Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Phyllolobium tingriense (C.C.Ni & P.C.Li) M.L.Zhang & Podlech trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Feddes Repert. 117: 59 (2006) |
Native Range | Tibet to Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 4300-4600m |
Description | leaves 2-4cm, shortly petiolate, leaflets 5-6 pairs, narrowly obovate, retuse, abaxially densely appressed white hirsute, flowers 1-4 in raceme, corolla ca. 16mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purplish red |
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 |
Synonyms | Astragalus tingriensis C.C.Ni & P.C.Li |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal) |