Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis qitaiensis X.Y.Zhu, H.Ohahsi & Y.B.Deng trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | J. Jap. Bot. 74: 66 (1999) |
Native Range | Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1900-2400m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 9-25cm, leaflets 19-35, narrowly ovate or ovate, subglabrous, apex spinose, flowers numerous in capitate raceme, pod cylindrical, appressed pubescent |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | violet |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |