Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis savellanica Bunge ex Boiss. sect. Protoxytropis |
Synonyms | Oxytropis karduchorum Hedge |
Habitat | snow patches |
Altitude | 2800-5100m |
Description | subcaulescent, appresed hirsute, leaflets 5-9 pairs, minute, oblong, obtuse, heads subumbellate, 3-5-flowered, calyx campanulate, pod sessile, oblong, acuminate |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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
Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan ) Western Asia (Afghanistan , Iran , Iraq , Turkey ) China (Qinghai , Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan , West Himalaya) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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