Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis grandiflora (Pall.) DC. sect. Orobia |
Bibliography | Astragalogia: 71 (1802) |
Native Range | se. Siberia to n. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Altitude | 700-1700m |
Description | leaves 6-20cm, leaflets 7-9, oblong, shortly acute, 10-25mm, appressed pubescent, flowers in sparse raceme, calyx campanulate, corolla 25-30mm long |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | purple, bluish purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Aragallus grandiflorus (Pall.) Greene Astragalus grandiflorus Pall. Oxytropis collina Turcz. Oxytropis fischeriana Vassilcz. Spiesia grandiflora (Pall.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (CTA Chita) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central) 37 Mongolia |