Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis chitralensis Ali trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Phyton (Horn) 8: 50 (1959) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3600-3700m |
Description | leaves pinnate, leaflets numerous in whorls, lanceolate, acute, adpressed pubescent, flowers in pedunculate raceme, calyx pubescent, corolla 15-20mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |