Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus pullus N.D.Simpson sect. Poliothrix |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 125 (1913) |
Native Range | sc. China to Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2600-3700m |
Description | leaves 5-10cm, petiolate, leaflets 7-11 pairs, narrowly elliptic, rounded, abaxially sparsely white hirsute, raceme ovoid, densely 13-15-flowered, flowers ca. 1cm long |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | blue |
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 (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |