Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis pseudoleptophysa Boriss. sect. Physocarpon |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 10: 79 (1974) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | acaulescent, densely white lanate, leaves 2-10cm, leaflets 5-8 pairs, ovate or oblong, acute, 7-20mm, raceme lax, 8-12-flowered, bracts subulate, 3-5mm, pod ventricose |
Size | 4-10cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | spring, early 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |