Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis platonychia Bunge sect. Dolichanthos |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7. 22(1): 44 (1874) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Afghanistan and Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3500-4500m |
Description | leaves pinnate, petiolate, leaflets 8-18, elliptic, entire, acute, long adpressed hirsute, flowers 3-4 in dense raceme, calyx densely black and white villose, corolla 15mm long |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | |
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 oreophila Vassilcz. Spiesia platonychia (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |