Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis nitens Turcz. sect. Xerobia |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | acaulescent, white hirsute, leaves 5-15cm, leaflets 5-8pairs, oblong, mucronate, 15-25mm, raceme elongate, flowers 22-25mm, pod thinly coriaceous, ventricose, hirsute |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | 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
Siberia (Buryatiya ) Mongolia |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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