Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis adscendens Gontsch. sect. Ortholoma |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 10: 88 (1947) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | leaves 1-3cm, leaflets 8-12-pairs, oblong-oval, 3-7mm, densely shortly grey lanate, raceme ovoid-globose, many flowered, bracts linear, corolla 8-10mm, pod coriaceous |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | bright violet |
Bloom | 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) |