| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxytropis halleri Bunge ex W.D.J.Koch sect. Orobia |
| Bibliography | Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 2: 200 (1843) |
| Native Range | European Mountains |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 500-2900m |
| Description | lanate, eglandular, leaves pinnate, leaflets lanceolate to elliptic, raceme up to 16-flowered, compact, ovate, pod oval to narrowly elliptic, shortly hirsute |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | bluish violet, lilac |
| Bloom | late spring |
| 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 velutinus Sieber ex Steud. Oxytropis halleri var. appressosericea Becherer Oxytropis halleri var. grata P.D.Sell Oxytropis halleri ssp. velutina (Schur) O.Schwarz Oxytropis sericea (DC.) Simonk. Oxytropis uralensis var. sericea DC. Oxytropis velutina Schur Spiesia halleri (Bunge ex W.D.J.Koch) Kuntze |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (GRB Great Britain) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, ITA Italy, ROM Romania) 14 Eastern Europe (UKR Ukraine) |
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