Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis ambigua (Pall.) DC. sect. Orobia |
Bibliography | Astragalogia: 70 (1802) |
Native Range | se. European Russia to Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Description | acaulescent, leaflets 12-18 pairs, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, acute, 10-25mm, densely white appressed hirsute, glabrescent, raceme many flowered, oblong-capitate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Astragalus ambiguus Pall. Spiesia ambigua (Pall.) Kuntze |
Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 37 Mongolia |