Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis arassanica Gontsch. sect. Sphaeranthella |
Bibliography | Fl. URSS [V.L.Komarov, ed.] 13: 551 (1948) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 2-4cm, leaflets 6-10 pairs, lanceolate, acute, 3-5mm, densely shortly appresed hirsute, raceme globose, dense, many flowered, bracts linear, acute, 2-3mm |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, UZB Uzbekistan) |