Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis caespitosula Gontsch. sect. Sphaeranthella |
Bibliography | Fl. URSS [V.L.Komarov, ed.] 13: 551 (1948) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves 5-7cm, thinly petiolate, leaflets 5-8 pairs, oblong or linear, appresed white hirsute, 3-5mm, raceme dense, many flowered, globose, bracts subulate, flowers 11-13mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | bluish 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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |