Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus baxoiensis Podlech & L.R.Xu sect. Poliothrix |
Bibliography | Novon 17: 241 (2007) |
Native Range | sc. China to Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 4000-4200m |
Description | appresed hirsute, leaves 2-5cm, petiolate, leaflets 5-8 pairs, elliptic, adaxially glabrous, obtuse, flowers 4-8 in compact, short raceme, calyx campanulate, pod elipsoid, 5mm |
Size | 6-12cm |
Color | pale purple |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) |