Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis giraldii Ulbr. trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 82: 66 (1905) |
Native Range | c. & n. China |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2100-3600m |
Description | subglabrous, leaves 5-10cm, leaflets 21-31, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic, 5-14mm, long yellow hirsute, acute, flowers numerous, 10-15mm, in raceme, pod ventricose, hirsute |
Size | 20-45cm |
Color | blue, purple |
Bloom | late spring, 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 |
Synonyms | Oxytropis ningxiaensis C.W.Chang |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai) |