Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Chesneya crassipes Boriss. trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3: 207 (1937) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to Tibet and Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1400-4000m |
Description | leaves imparipinnate, petiolate, leaflets 9-13, obovate, 2-3mm, entire, truncate, flowers solitary, axillary, pedicellate, with violet apex, 25-35mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple, orange yellow |
Bloom | early 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 basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |