Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis ochrolongibracteata X.Y.Zhu & H.Ohashi trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Cathaya 11-12: 75 (2000) |
Native Range | nc. China to Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1700-4300m |
Description | leaves 10-20cm, leaflets of 2-4 in 8-10 whorls, ovate-lanceolate, 1-3cm, shortly hirsute, flowers numerous, 2cm, in raceme, calyx long hirsute, pod oblong, ventricose |
Size | 30-40cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | 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 |
Synonyms | Oxytropis ochrocephala var. longibractea P.C.Li |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHN China North-Central, CHT Tibet) |