Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus valerii N.Ulziykh. sect. Brachycarpus |
Bibliography | Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 30: 111 (1996) |
Native Range | w. China |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3600-3800m |
Description | leaves 1-3cm, leaflets 5-8 pairs, narrowly elliptic, 4-13mm, obtuse, adaxially glabrous, abaxially adpressed hirsute, flowers numerous in dense raceme, corolla 7-9mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellowish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 (CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) |