Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis cinerascens Bunge trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, sér. 7, 22(1): 26 (1874) |
Native Range | Tibet to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3600-4800m |
Description | leaves 2-6cm, leaflets 11-21, oblong, 3-5mm, abaxially appressed hirsute, acute, flowers 3-5, ca. 9mm, in raceme, calyx subcampanulate, hirsute, lobes lanceolate-subulate |
Size | 7-10cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Oxytropis glacialis Strachey & Winterb. ex Bunge Spiesia cinerascens (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |