Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis johannensis (A.Heller) Fernald sect. Orobia |
Bibliography | Rhodora 30: 145 (1928) |
Native Range | e. Canada to Maine |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | laxly caespitose, leaves 10-20cm, 10-17-jugate, leaflets elliptic, green, sericeous, flowers in compact spike, bracts lanceolate, attenuate, abaxially pubescent |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | purple-violet |
Bloom | summer |
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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 | Aragallus campestris var. johannensis (Fernald) J.M.Macoun Aragallus johannensis A.Heller Astragalus campestris var. johannensis (Fernald) Tidestr. Oxytropis campestris var. americana Brunet Oxytropis campestris ssp. johannensis (Fernald) Blondeau & Gervais Oxytropis campestris var. johannensis Fernald Oxytropis johannensis f. bicensis Vict. & J.Rousseau |
Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine) |