Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis physocarpa Ledeb. sect. Polyadena |
Bibliography | Fl. Altaic. 3: 272 (1831) |
Native Range | sw. Siberia to Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 3-4cm, leaflets of 4 in 8-12 whorls, linear, glabrous, flowers 3-5 in short umbellate raceme, corolla 19-23mm long, pod ventricose, glabrous |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 | Spiesia physocarpa (Ledeb.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 37 Mongolia |