Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Hedysarum kirghisorum B.Fedtsch. trib. Hedysareae |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 11: 114 (1949) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | 2500-3300m |
Description | leaves 8-12cm, leaflets 9-15, broadly to oblong-lanceolate, 19-25mm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially pubescent, raceme dense, many flowered, flowers apically dark purple, 14-15mm |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | pale red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |