Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis platysema Schrenk sect. Protoxytropis |
Bibliography | Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Petersbourg 10: 254 (1842) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2300-5200m |
Description | leaves 2-6cm, leaflets 13-19, ovate-lanceolate or ovate, 3-10mm, glabrous, sometimes ciliate, flowers 3-5, ca. 11mm, in raceme, pod oblong, appressed black hirsute |
Size | 4-8cm |
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 | Spiesia platysema (Schrenk) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) |