Rock Garden Plants
Oxytropis sericopetala Prain ex C.E.C.Fisch. trib. Galegeae 
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FamilyFABACEAE
Genus speciesOxytropis sericopetala Prain ex C.E.C.Fisch. trib. Galegeae
BibliographyBull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1937: 95 (1937)
Native RangeTibet to Himalaya
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude2600-4600m
Descriptiongrayish, 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
Size10-35cm
Colorpurple, blue, white
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationscarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C
cuttings in late summer
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     36 China (CHT Tibet)
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, WHM West Himalaya)
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