Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis proxima Boriss. sect. Ortholoma |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 7: 241 (1938) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Afghanistan and Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2100-3600m |
Description | villose, leaves imparipinnate, leaflets 11-15, 3-6mm, lanceolate, acute, flowers in shortly pedunculate raceme, corolla 15-25mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Astragalus sikaramensis Širj. & Rech.f. Oxytropis sikaramensis (Širj. & Rech.f.) Ali |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |