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Oxytropis sordida (Willd.) Pers. sect. Orobia 
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FamilyFABACEAE
Genus speciesOxytropis sordida (Willd.) Pers. sect. Orobia
BibliographySyn. Pl. 2: 332 (1807)
Native Rangen. & e. Europe to n. Russian Far East and Mongolia
Primary BiomeSubarctic
Habitattundra
Descriptionacaulescent, green, leaflets 7-12 pairs, oblong-ovate to lanceolate, sparsely white hirsute, raceme capitate, corolla 19-24mm, pod subcylindrical, shortly hirsute
Size5-10cm
Colorpale yellow
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationscarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C
basal cuttings in summer
SynonymsAstragalus sordidus Willd.
Oxytropis campestris var. sordida (Willd.) W.D.J.Koch
Oxytropis campestris ssp. sordida (Willd.) C.Hartm.
Phaca campestris var. sordida (Willd.) Wahlenb.
Phaca sordida (Willd.) Wahlenb.
Spiesia sordida (Willd.) Kuntze
Territory1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, NOR Norway)
     14 Eastern Europe (BLT Baltic States, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan)
     37 Mongolia
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