Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis megalorrhyncha Nevski sect. Eumorpha |
Bibliography | Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 259 (1937) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | acaulescent, grey-green, leaves 4-10cm, leaflets 15-20 pairs, oval or lanceolate, 3-5mm, long white hirsute, raceme short, ovoid, many flowered, in fruit elongate |
Size | 7-15cm |
Color | rose |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |