Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis sichuanica C.W.Chang trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 8: 11 (1988) |
Native Range | sc. China (Sichuan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3900-4300m |
Description | leaves 3-7cm, pubescent, leaflets 7-21, ovate, 5-12mm, flowers numerous, 11-12mm, in long raceme, calyx tubular, adpressed black hirsute, pod ellipsoid, black pilose |
Size | 10-17cm |
Color | blue, yellow, purple |
Bloom | spring |
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 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |