Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus bouffordii Podlech sect. Komaroviella |
Bibliography | Feddes Repert. 120: 53 (2009) |
Native Range | e. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3300-3400m |
Description | stems sparsely white hirsute, leaves 5-6cm, petiolate, leaflets 9-15pairs, elliptic, adaxially glabrous, flowers in compact raceme, calyx densely white hirsute, lobes subulate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | purple |
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) |