Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis alpina Bunge sect. Orobia |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | alpine |
Description | acaulescent, green, leaflets 11-18 pairs, crowded, oblong-ovate to lanceolate, 5-15mm, appressed white hirsute, raceme broadly ovate to orbiculate, corolla 17-20mm long |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | pale purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) China (Xinjiang ) Mongolia |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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