Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis litwinowii B.Fedtsch. sect. Ortholoma |
Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 24: 185 (1905) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | acaulescent, grey-green, leaves 4-10cm, leaflets 6-11 pairs, oval to lanceolate, 6-12mm, long scabrously hirsute, raceme oval, lax, in fruit elongate, bracts linear, ciliate |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | bluish violet |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 | Oxytropis hissarica B.Fedtsch. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |