Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis vermicularis Freyn sect. Ianthina |
Bibliography | Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 1025 (1905) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3500-4000m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 1-2cm, leaflets 15-19, oblong-elliptic, 2mm, pubescent, flowers 2-5, 13mm, in umbelate raceme, calyx tubular, black and white hirsute, lobes 3-4mm |
Size | 4-5cm |
Color | blue |
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 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |