Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis yunnanensis Franch. trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Pl. Delavay.: 163 (1890) |
Native Range | c. China to Qinghai |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1800-4900m |
Description | leaves 3-5cm, leaflets 9-23, lanceolate, 5-7mm, sparsely white hirsute, acuminate, flowers 5-10, ca. 11mm, in raceme, pod ellipsoid, densely black appressed hirsute |
Size | 7-15cm |
Color | purple, red |
Bloom | 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 |
Synonyms | Astragalus franchetianus H.Lév. Oxytropis konlonica H.Ohba & al. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) |