Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis koyukukensis A.E.Porsild sect. Orobia |
Bibliography | Canad. Field-Naturalist 65: 78 (1951) |
Native Range | Alaska |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 4-7cm, 5-9-jugate, leaflets oblong-ovate or lanceolate, 5-8mm, appresed white hirsute, flowers in umbellate raceme, corolla ca. 2cm |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | blue-violet |
Bloom | summer |
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 |
Synonyms | Oxytropis arctica var. koykukensis (A.E.Porsild) S.L.Welsh |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) |