Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis michelsonii B.Fedtsch. sect. Protoxytropis |
Bibliography | Fl. Tadzhiksk. S.S.R. 5: 684 (1937) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2700-3200m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 6-10cm, petioles appresed white hirsute, leaflets 14-24-pairs, linear, 3-6mm long, densely appresed hirsute, flowers in compact, spherical raceme, pod oblong |
Size | 7-15cm |
Color | violet |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |