Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis trichophysa Bunge sect. Polyadena |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 22(1): 158 (1874) |
Native Range | sw. Siberia to n. China and Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 5-12cm, leaflets of 4-6 in 16-22 whorls, oblong, 2-6mm, carnose, dark green, glandular, flowers in dense raceme, corolla 19-21mm, pod ventricose, glandular |
Size | 12-20cm |
Color | purplish violet |
Bloom | spring |
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 trichophysa (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHN China North-Central, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |