Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Phyllolobium heydei (Baker) M.L.Zhang & Podlech trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Feddes Repert. 117: 53 (2006) |
Native Range | w. & sc. China to Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 4500-5800m |
Description | leaves 1-3cm, subsessile, leaflets 4-7 pairs, broadly elliptic, obtuse, adaxially glabrous, abaxially hirsute, flowers 1-5 in spherical raceme, corolla 9-11mm long |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | rose, pale violet |
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, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Astragalus hendersonii Baker Astragalus heydei Baker Astragalus heydei var. hendersonii (Baker) H.Ohba Tragacantha hendersonii (Baker) Kuntze Tragacantha heydei (Baker) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |