Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis bicolor Bunge trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2: 91 (1835) |
Native Range | n. & e. China to Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 400-2700m |
Description | appressed yellow hirsute, leaves 3-20cm, leaflets verticillate, linear, ovate or triangular, 3-25mm, flowers 10-25 in raceme, pod ovoid-oblong, ventricose, villose |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | purple, rose, yellow |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Oxytropis angustifolia Ulbr. Oxytropis bicolor f. luteola (C.W.Chang) X.Y.Zhu & H.Ohashi Oxytropis var. luteola C.W.Chang Spiesia bicolor (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHS China Southeast) 37 Mongolia |