Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis borealis DC. trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 2: 275 (1825) |
Native Range | Russian Far East to Alaska |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 800-1800m |
Description | leaflets 31-57, oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, sparsely lanate, scapes hirsute, spike 3-8cm, calyx lanate, lobes subulate, flowers ca. 12mm, pod ovoid, pubescent |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | violet, 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 |
Synonyms | Oxytropis campestris var. verrucosa Ledeb. Oxytropis uralensis var. subsucculenta Hook. Oxytropis viscida var. subsucculenta (Hook.) Barneby |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) |