Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Onobrychis echidna Lipsky trib. Hedysareae |
Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 23: 94 (1904) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Afghanistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2100-2700m |
Description | stipules lanceolate, leaflets 4-7pairs, elliptic to lanceolate, acerose, adaxially strigose, abaxially pilose, flowers 2-5 in raceme, calyx hirsute, lobes subulate |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | purplish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) |