Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis sericopetala Prain ex C.E.C.Fisch. trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1937: 95 (1937) |
Native Range | Tibet to Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2600-4600m |
Description | grayish, leaves 7-20cm, leaflets 13-31, sessile, elliptic to lanceolate-ovate, 6-25mm, silvery villose, acute, flowers numerous, 8-10mm in raceme, pod ovoid, white villose |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | purple, blue, white |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, WHM West Himalaya) |