Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis fedtschenkoana Vassilcz. sect. Physocarpon |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 20: 246 (1960) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | acaulescent, densely grey hirsute, leaves 2-3cm, leaflets 3-8 pairs, oval, flowers in dense, capitate raceme, pod coriaceous, spherically ventricose, to 15mm in diam. |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |