Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis columbina Vassilcz. sect. Xerobia |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 20: 247 (1960) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | acaulescent, white sericeous hirsute, leaves numerous, 2-5cm, leaflets 4-7pairs, 5-8mm, raceme 2-3-flowered, bracts lanceolate, corolla 20-25mm long, pod ventricose, hirsute |
Size | 2-5cm |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) |