Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis rostrata Vassilcz. sect. Mesogaea |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 20: 231 (1960) |
Native Range | Central Asia (Tian Shan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves 2-3cm , leaflets 6-8 pairs, oval-lanceolate, densely white hirsute, raceme dense, many flowered, calyx campanulate, lanate, pod curvate, white adpressed hirsute |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | bluish purple |
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 (KGZ Kirgizistan) |