Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus oxyodon Baker sect. Komaroviella |
Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 125 (1876) |
Native Range | w. Tibet to c. & w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2500-4600m |
Description | stem white appressed hirsute, leaves shortly petiolate, leaflets 6-8 pairs, elliptic, obtuse, abaxially white hirsute, raceme short, 10-15-flowered, flowers ca. 2cm long |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | violet |
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 |
Synonyms | Tragacantha oxyodon (Baker) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |