Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis maydelliana Trautv. sect. Orobia |
Synonyms | Oxytropis glabrata (Hook.) A.Nelson |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | arctic-subarctic |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, 2-4cm long, glabrous, leaflets 5-17 pairs, 3-9mm, oblong, flowers in dense raceme, corolla 15-20mm, pod ovoid, 1-2cm, sessile, hirsute, yellow-green |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (British Columbia ) Eastern Canada (Québec) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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