Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis leucocyanea Bunge sect. Ortholoma |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7. 22(1): 22 (1874) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | silvery or grey pubescent, leaves 1-3cm long, leaflets 7 pairs, oblong, approximate, 2-4mm, raceme capitate-umbellate, lax, 5-8-flowered, flowers 6-9mm long |
Size | 5-6cm |
Color | pale blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 | Spiesia leucocyanea (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |