Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis pauciflora Bunge sect. Protoxytropis |
Bibliography | Arbeiten Naturf. Vereins Riga 1: 227 (1847) |
Native Range | Siberia to Kazakhstan and n. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2000-5600m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves long, thinly petiolate, leaflets 5-8 pairs, oblong-ovate, obtuse, 3-6mm, flowers 2-4 in umbellate raceme, corolla 14-15mm, pod linear-oblong |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | bluish purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Oxytropis friabilis H.Ohba & al. Spiesia pauciflora (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHN China North-Central, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |