Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis longirostra DC. sect. Orobia |
Bibliography | Astragalogia: 80 (1802) |
Native Range | Siberia to Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | acaulescent, leaves long petiolate, 10-20cm, leaflets 12-24 pairs, lanceolate, 1-2cm, acute, abaxially appressed hirsute, flowers in raceme, corolla 15-20mm long |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Astragalus longirostrus (DC.) Poir. Oxytropis coerulea var. macrantha Popov Spiesia longirostra (DC.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 37 Mongolia |