| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis altaica (Pall.) Pers. sect. Orobia |
| Synonyms | Astragalus altaicus Pall. |
| Oxytropis brevirostra DC | |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | alpine |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves shortly petiolate, leaflets 10-12 pairs, lanceolate, acute, 10-25mm, glabrous, flowers in dense capitate raceme, corolla 15-20mm, pod unilocular |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | blue, lilac |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 , Buryatiya , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) Mongolia |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | FABACEAE
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