Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis latibracteata Jurtzev trib. Galegeae |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1700-3800m |
Description | leaves 10-25cm, leaflets 15-23, elliptic, narrowly ovate or lanceolate, 6-29mm, velutinous-hirsute, flowers 5-9, 22mm, in black hirsute raceme, pod coriaceous |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | bluish purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , Inner Mongolia , China North-Central , Qinghai , Tibet , Xinjiang) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
latibracteata longibracteata Y.H.Wu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 35(4): 352 (1997)
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