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Astragalus peterae H.T.Tsai & T.T.Yu sect. Oroboidei 
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FamilyFABACEAE
Genus speciesAstragalus peterae H.T.Tsai & T.T.Yu sect. Oroboidei
BibliographyBull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. 7: 27 (1936)
Native RangeCentral Asia to n. & c. China and Mongolia
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatgrassland
Altitude2700-4100m
Descriptionleaves 5-9cm long, thinly petiolate, leaflets 7-9 pairs, elliptic, obtuse or emarginate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially sparsely white hirsute, raceme many flowered
Size10-35cm
Colorblue, purple
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationscarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsAstragalus abramovii Gotsch.
Astragalus brachytropis f. giganteus Lipsky
Astragalus brachytropis f. pusillus Lipsky
Astragalus pseudobrachytropis Gontsch.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan)
     36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang)
     37 Mongolia
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