Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis qilianschanica C.W.Chang & C.L.Zhang trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 13(3): 246 (1993) |
Native Range | n. China to Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2300-5100m |
Description | leaves 6-15cm, leaflets 19-29, narrowly ovate, 5-10mm, densely appressed pale yellow hirsute, ciliate, acute, flowers 5-14, 6-8mm, in elongate raceme, pod brown, pendent |
Size | 9-22cm |
Color | blue |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) |