Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis cana Bunge sect. Mesogaea |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 39(II): 3 (1866) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves 2-3cm long, leaflets 4-6 pairs, oval, acute, appresed white hirsute, scape finely hirsute, raceme compact, short, spherical, 5-8-flowered, pod 8-10mm, ovoid, hirsute |
Size | 8-15cm |
Color | violet |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Spiesia cana (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) |