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Onobrychis echidna Lipsky trib. Hedysareae 
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FamilyFABACEAE
Genus speciesOnobrychis echidna Lipsky trib. Hedysareae
BibliographyTrudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 23: 94 (1904)
Native RangeCentral Asia to Afghanistan
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude2100-2700m
Descriptionstipules lanceolate, leaflets 4-7pairs, elliptic to lanceolate, acerose, adaxially strigose, abaxially pilose, flowers 2-5 in raceme, calyx hirsute, lobes subulate
Size20-50cm
Colorpurplish violet
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeshrub
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationscarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
basal cuttings in late spring and late summer
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan)
     34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan)
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