Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis griffithii Bunge ex Boiss. trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 2: 502 (1872) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | acaulescent, densely grey hirsute, leaflets minute, 10-12 pairs, complicate, ovate-oblong, flowers in lax, ovate raceme, bracts linear, calyx campanulate |
Size | 5-9cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | summer |
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 basal cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Spiesia griffithii (Bunge ex Boiss.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |