Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis chiliophylla Benth. trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [J.F.Royle]: 198 (1835) |
Native Range | Pakistan to nw. India, Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 2700-3600m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves to 12cm, petiolate, pilose, leaflets alternate, opposite or verticillate, linear-oblong, ca. 7mm, obtuse, flowers ca. 1cm, in compact, pedunculate raceme |
Size | 7-15cm |
Color | bright pink |
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 | Astragalus ingrata (Freyn) Freyn Astragalus polyadenia (Freyn) Freyn Oxytropis ingrata Freyn Oxytropis polyadenia Freyn Spiesia chiliophylla (Benth.) Kuntze Spiesia ingrata Freyn |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (IND India, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |