Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Tibetia coelestis (Diels) X.P.Tsui trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 42(2): 159 (1998) |
Native Range | sc. China to Tibet |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-3200m |
Description | leaves imparipinnate, leaflets 5-7, broadly elliptic to ovate, 18mm, truncate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially pilose, flowers 2-3 in umbel, corolla 11mm, pod cylindrical, glaber |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Ambytropis coelestis (Diels) H.P.Tsui Astragalus coelestis Diels Gueldenstaedtia coelestis (Diels) N.D.Simpson Tibetia tongolensis var. coelestis (Diels) H.P.Tsui Tibetia tongolensis f. coelestis (Diels) P.C.Li Tibetia yunnanensis var. coelestis (Diels) X.Y.Zhu |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |