Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis sylvatica (Pall.) DC. sect. Orobia |
Bibliography | Astragalogia: 82 (1802) |
Native Range | Siberia to Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | acaulescent, grey-green, leaves 10-25cm, petiolate, leaflets 12-15 pairs, ovate or oblong, 15-25mm, adaxially glabrous, raceme compact, 5-12cm, many flowered, pod ovoid |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | purple, blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Astragalus sylvaticus (Pall.) Willd. Astragalus sylvicola Pall. Oxytropis sylvicola (Pall.) Bunge Phaca sylvatica Pall. Spiesia sylvicola (Pall.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, YAK Yakutskiya) 37 Mongolia |