Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis cusickii Greenm. sect. Orobia |
Bibliography | Erythea 7: 116 (1899) |
Native Range | nw. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | caespitose, subcaulescent, leaves petiolate, 3-9-jugate, leaflets oblong-lanceolate, to 1cm, acute, revolute, flowers in capitate spike, corolla ca. 15mm |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | white |
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 |
Synonyms | Aragallus alpicola Rydb. Astragalus alpicola (Rydb.) Tidestr. Oxytropis campestris var. cusickii (Greenm.) Barneby Oxytropis campestris var. rydbergii (A.Nelson) R.J.Davis Oxytropis paysoniana A.Nelson Oxytropis rydbergii A.Nelson |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) |