Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis jucunda Vved. sect. Ortholoma |
Bibliography | Fl. URSS [V.L.Komarov, ed.) 13: 549 (1948) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 2-5cm long, leaflets 5-8 pairs, oblong-obovate or oval, grey sericeous, 3-5mm, raceme lax, many flowered, bracts lanceolate, pod ventricose, coriaceous |
Size | 4-8cm |
Color | reddish violet |
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 (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |