Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis roaldii Ostenf. sect. Orobia |
Bibliography | Skr. Vidensk.-Selsk. Christiana, Math.-Naturvidensk. Kl. 1909(8): 54 (1910) |
Native Range | Subarctic America |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | caespitose, acaulescent, sericeous-hirsute, leaves petiolate, 10-12-jugate, leaflets oblong- lanceolate, flower in ovate spike |
Size | 8-15cm |
Color | pink-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 |
Synonyms | Oxytropis campestris var. roaldii (Ostenf.) S.L.Welsh Oxytropis campestris ssp. roaldii (Ostenf.) Cody |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) |