Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis eriocarpa Bunge sect. Xerobia |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | leaves pinnate, leaflets oblong-obovate, inflorescence racemose, flowers 2-4, 20-25mm, calyx 12-15mm, pod white lanate, broadly ovoid, hard-coriaceous, nutlike |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | purple, bluish purple |
Bloom | spring |
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
Siberia (Altay , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) China (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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