Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis longibracteata Kar. & Kir. sect. Orobia |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 14: 403 (1841) |
Native Range | sw. Siberia to Kazakhstan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | acaulescent, green, leaves 10-15cm, leaflets 15-19-pairs, ovate, acuminate, sparsely appresed hirsute, raceme short, oval, many flowered, bracts long, exserted |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | pale violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Spiesia longibracteata (Kar. & Kir.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) |