Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis alpicola Turcz. sect. Orobia |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 15: 743 (1842) |
Native Range | s. Siberia to Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 4-7cm, leaflets 8-12-pairs, oblong or lanceolate, acute, appresed hirsute, glabrescent, 5-12mm, raceme umbellate, few flowered, corolla 20-25mm |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Spiesia alpicola (Turcz.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk) 37 Mongolia |