Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis platonychia Bunge sect. Dolichanthos |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3500-4500m |
Description | leaves pinnate, petiolate, leaflets 8-18, elliptic, entire, acute, long adpressed hirsute, flowers 3-4 in dense raceme, calyx densely black and white villose, corolla 15mm long |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
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 , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan ) Western Asia (Afghanistan ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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