Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis hudsonica (Greene) Fernald trib. Galegeae |
Synonyms | Aragallus hudsonicus Greene |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | green, viscid, pilose, leaves 3-20cm, pinnate, leaflets narrowly oblong, 5-25mm, raceme spicate, 2-7cm long, 7-30-flowered, flowers 10-15mm long |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | purplish red, white |
Bloom | late 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 basal cuttings in summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Subarctic America (Nunavut ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Québec) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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