Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis terrae-novae Fernald sect. Orobia |
Bibliography | Rhodora 30: 147 (1928) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to e. Canada |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | caespitose, acaulescent, subglabrous, leaflets oblong-lanceolate, scapes longer than leaves, flowers numerous in ovate head, pod erect, ovoid, acuminate |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | purple |
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 |
Synonyms | Oxytropis campestris var. minor (Hook.) S.L.Welsh Oxytropis campestris var. terrae-novae (Fernald) Barneby Oxytropis uralensis var. minor Hook. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (NUN Nunavut) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, QUE Québec) |