Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis yekenensis X.Y.Zhu, H.Ohashi & Y.B.Deng trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | J. Jap. Bot. 74: 68 (1999) |
Native Range | Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1300-1400m |
Description | leaves 7-9cm, leaflets 15-19, linear to narrowly ovate, 8-13mm, flowers numerous, 8-10mm, in lax raceme, calyx campanulate, white hirsute, pod hirsute |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring |
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 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |