Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus huiningensis Y.C.Ho sect. Melilotopsis |
Bibliography | Bull. Bot. Lab. N. E. Forest Inst., Harbin 8: 69 (1980) |
Native Range | n. & c. China to Qinghai |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves 1-3cm long, subsessile, leaflets 5-8 pairs, narrowly elliptic, rounded, abaxially hirsute, raceme loosely 10-15-flowered, flowers ca. 5mm long, pod ovoid, subglabrous |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Astragalus huiningensis var. psilocarpus K.T.Fu |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai) |