Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis heteropoda Bunge sect. Mesogaea |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 39(II): 4 (1866) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 2000-3000m |
Description | grey-green, leaves 2-5cm, leaflets 7-8 pairs, oblong-oval or lanceolate, 3-8mm, sparsely appresed hirsute, raceme short, globose, many flowered, pod oblong, lanate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Spiesia heteropoda (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) |