Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis frigida Kar. & Kir. sect. Orobia |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 14: 402 (1841) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | acaulescent, grey-green, leaves 5-15cm, petiolate, leaflets 8-15 pairs, oval, 8-10mm, sericeous, raceme short, many flowered, pod oblong-ovate, acuminate, ca. 25mm long |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | purplish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Spiesia frigida (Kar. & Kir.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) |