Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis globiflora Bunge sect. Protoxytropis |
Bibliography | Sert. Tiansch. [F.von der Osten-Saken]: 43 (1869) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Afghanistan and Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2000-4300m |
Description | leaves 5-12cm, leaflets 11-21, lanceolate or oblong, 5-17mm, appressed sericeous, acute, flowers numerous, 9mm, in raceme, pod oblong-ovoid, pendent, densely pilose |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | bluish purple |
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 globifera Franch. Oxytropis globiflora f. albiflora M.M.Gao Oxytropis lacostei Danguy Oxytropis pagobia Bunge Spiesia globiflora (Bunge) Kuntze Spiesia pagobia (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) |