Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis lithophila Vassilcz. sect. Eumorpha |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 20: 242 (1960) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | acaulescent, white pubescent, leaves 5-12cm, leaflets 15-25 pairs, white lanate-tomentose, approximate, oblong, raceme ovoid-oblong, lax, many flowered, flowers 16-18mm long |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | 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 (TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |