Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis echidna Vved. sect. Hystrix |
Bibliography | Trudy Turkestansk. Nauchn. Obshch. Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ. 2: 29 (1925) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves 4-7cm, petioles persistent, spinose, leaflets 9-15-pairs, oval, 3-8mm, appresed white hirsute, raceme 7-10-flowered, lax, bracts narrowly linear, flowers ca. 12mm |
Size | 8-10cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
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) |