Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis saposhnikovii Krylov sect. Ianthina |
Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 21: 4 (1903) |
Native Range | sw. Siberia to Xinjiang and Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves pinnate, leaflets 6-7 pairs, lanceolate-ovate, 3-5mm, standing upwards, flowers in dense, spicate raceme, corolla 8-15mm long, pod broadly elliptic, erect |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | spring |
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 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |