Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis rubricaudex Hultén sect. Orobia |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | caudex brown-red, leaves 4-5cm, leaflets 6-9 pairs, oval to lanceolate, grey appresed hirsute, raceme dense, globose, many flowered, flowers 15-17mm long |
Size | 5-7cm |
Color | bluish 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
Russian Far East (Kamchatka) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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