Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus retusifoliatus Y.C.Ho sect. Komaroviella |
Bibliography | Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 1(3): 114 (1981) |
Native Range | sc. China to Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3600-3700m |
Description | leaves 3-6cm, leaflets 6-9 pairs, elliptic, 4-8mm long, emarginate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially appressed white hirsute, flowers 4-12 in dense raceme, corolla 10-11mm long |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | bluish violet |
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) |