Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis jucunda Vved. sect. Ortholoma |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 2-5cm long, leaflets 5-8 pairs, oblong-obovate or oval, grey sericeous, 3-5mm, raceme lax, many flowered, bracts lanceolate, pod ventricose, coriaceous |
Size | 4-8cm |
Color | reddish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Uzbekistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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