Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis tschimganica Gontsch. sect. Protoxytropis |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 10: 85 (1947) |
Native Range | Central Asia (Tian Shan Mts.) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 5-11cm, petioles white hirsute, leaflets 9-12 pairs, ovate or lanceolate, 7-10mm, appresed white hirsute, flowers numerous in lax, spherical raceme |
Size | 14-22cm |
Color | pale 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) |