Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus hysophilus Podlech & L.R.Xu sect. Poliothrix |
Bibliography | Feddes Repert. 117(3-4): 226 (2006) |
Native Range | e. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 2900-3100m |
Description | leaves 4-7cm, leaflets 8-9 pairs, narrowly elliptic, 5-10mm, abaxially white hirsute, adaxially glabrous, acute, flowers 10-20 in lax, ovoid raceme, pod sessile, curvate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | whitish |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |