Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus yutianensis Podlech & L.R.Xu sect. Poliothrix |
Bibliography | Feddes Repert. 117: 229 (2006) |
Native Range | Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4100-4200m |
Description | leaves 3-4cm, petiolate, leaflets 4-6 pairs, elliptic, 4-8mm, adaxially glabrous, obtuse, racemes ovoid, densely 7-15-flowered, calyx black hirsute, flowers ca. 7mm long |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | late spring, 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 (CHX Xinjiang) |