Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis pauciflora Bunge sect. Protoxytropis |
Synonyms | Oxytropis friabilis H.Ohba & al. |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2000-5600m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves long, thinly petiolate, leaflets 5-8 pairs, oblong-ovate, obtuse, 3-6mm, flowers 2-4 in umbellate raceme, corolla 14-15mm, pod linear-oblong |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | bluish purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Irkutsk , Tuva ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) China (China North-Central , Tibet , Xinjiang ) Mongolia |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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