Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Phyllolobium prodigiosum (K.T.Fu) M.L.Zhang & Podlech trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Feddes Repert. 117(1-2): 58 (2006) |
Native Range | sc. China to Tibet |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3300-3800m |
Description | shortly white hirsute, leaves 2-4cm, subsessile, leaflets 3-9 pairs, linear to narrowly elliptic, acute, flowers 3-5 in raceme, corolla 8-10mm long, pod obovoid, 12mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 milingensis var. prodigiosus (K.T.Fu) K.T.Fu Astragalus prodigiosus K.T.Fu |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |