Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis gerzeensis P.C.Li trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Fl. Xizang. 2: 859 (1985) |
Native Range | w. China |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3400-5200m |
Description | leaves long, leaflets 12-17, oblong to ovate-oblong, 4-7mm, densely adpressed hirsute, flowers 6-8, 8-9mm, in raceme, pod shortly stipitate, ovoid |
Size | 8-13cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) |