Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis brevicaulis Ledeb. sect. Eumorpha |
Bibliography | Fl. Altaic. 3: 284 (1831) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | acaulescent, silvery, leaves 5-10cm, leaflets 10-15 pairs, oval or lanceolate, 5-10mm, appresed hirsute, raceme ovoid, lax, many flowered, in fruit elongate, flowers 1cm |
Size | 7-10cm |
Color | purplish 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 |
Synonyms | Spiesia brevicaulis (Ledeb.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) |