Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis ochroleuca Bunge sect. Mesogaea |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 39(II): 6 (1866) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1600-1700m |
Description | leaves 5-15cm, leaflets 21-33, oblong-lanceolate to broadly elliptic, 8-20mm, green, flowers numerous, 11-12mm, in raceme, calyx sparsely black hirsute, pod ovoid, pendent |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C basal cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Spiesia ochroleuca (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |