Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis jordalii A.E.Porsild sect. Orobia |
Bibliography | Canad. Field-Naturalist 65: 77 (1951) |
Native Range | Alaska to nw. Canada |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | densely caespitose, leaves imparipinnate, leaflets 7-35, oblong, sericeous-hirsute, 5-30mm, stipules abaxially long hirsute, flowers in capitate raceme, corolla 1-2cm |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | white, yellowish |
Bloom | summer |
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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 |
Synonyms | Oxytropis campestris var. jordalii (A.E.Porsild) S.L.Welsh Oxytropis campestris ssp. jordalii (A.E.Porsild) Hultén Oxytropis leucantha ssp. jordalii (A.E.Porsild) Jurtzev |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) |