Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis bella B.Fedtsch. ex O.Fedtsch. trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Pl. Pamir: 21 (1903) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Tibet |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 3000-4800m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 2-6cm, leaflets 5-9, linear to lanceolate-oblong, adpressed silvery hirsute, flowers numerous in raceme, pod sessile, ovoid |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | purple, pinkish red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) |