Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis acanthacea Jurtzev trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 1964: 203 (1964) |
Native Range | sw. Siberia to nw. Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | spinose, leaves pinnate, leaflets linear, of 3-6 in whorls, flowers 15-25mm in raceme, pod oblong, shortly, appressed black hirsute |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | spring |
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 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 37 Mongolia |