Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus ohbaensis Podlech sect. Oroboidei |
Bibliography | Feddes Repert. 116: 56 (2005) |
Native Range | Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4500-4600m |
Description | stems glabrous, leaves 3-4cm, subsessile, leaflets 5-7 pairs, elliptic, 5-12mm, adaxially glabrous, obtuse, racemes densely 6-10-flowered, calyx hirsute |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | pale blue |
Bloom | late spring, 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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |