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Phyllolobium heydei (Baker) M.L.Zhang & Podlech trib. Galegeae 
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FamilyFABACEAE
Genus speciesPhyllolobium heydei (Baker) M.L.Zhang & Podlech trib. Galegeae
BibliographyFeddes Repert. 117: 53 (2006)
Native Rangew. & sc. China to Pakistan
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatscree and moraines
Altitude4500-5800m
Descriptionleaves 1-3cm, subsessile, leaflets 4-7 pairs, broadly elliptic, obtuse, adaxially glabrous, abaxially hirsute, flowers 1-5 in spherical raceme, corolla 9-11mm long
Size5-12cm
Colorrose, pale violet
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationgravelly, humous, moist, sunny site
alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun
Propagationscarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsAstragalus hendersonii Baker
Astragalus heydei Baker
Astragalus heydei var. hendersonii (Baker) H.Ohba
Tragacantha hendersonii (Baker) Kuntze
Tragacantha heydei (Baker) Kuntze
Territory3 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)
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