Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis rhizantha Palib. trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 159 (1908) |
Native Range | Altay to Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 2-5cm, leaflets 3, oblong, attenuate, subcarnose, densely sericeous lanate, raceme 2-3-flowered, flowers 25-28mm, pod ovoid, ventricose, thinly coriaceous |
Size | 2-5cm |
Color | 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay) 37 Mongolia |