Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis eriocarpa Bunge sect. Xerobia |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 22(1): 122 (1874) |
Native Range | sw. Siberia to Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | leaves pinnate, leaflets oblong-obovate, inflorescence racemose, flowers 2-4, 20-25mm, calyx 12-15mm, pod white lanate, broadly ovoid, hard-coriaceous, nutlike |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | purple, bluish purple |
Bloom | spring |
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 eriocarpa (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |