Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis aspera Gontsch. sect. Eumorpha |
Bibliography | Fl. URSS [V.L.Komarov, ed.] 13: 548 (1948) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 10-20cm long, leaflets 20-25 pairs, oval or lanceolate, 3-7mm, acute, scabrously hirsute, raceme dense, ovoid, many flowered, flowers 15-20mm, pod oblong |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | dark violet |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |