Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis tschimganica Gontsch. sect. Protoxytropis |
Habitat | rocks and screes |
Altitude | alpine |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 5-11cm, petioles white hirsute, leaflets 9-12 pairs, ovate or lanceolate, 7-10mm, appresed white hirsute, flowers numerous in lax, spherical raceme |
Size | 14-22cm |
Color | pale violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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