Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis alpina Bunge sect. Orobia |
Bibliography | Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1840: 8 (1840) |
Native Range | Siberia to Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Description | acaulescent, green, leaflets 11-18 pairs, crowded, oblong-ovate to lanceolate, 5-15mm, appressed white hirsute, raceme broadly ovate to orbiculate, corolla 17-20mm long |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | pale purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Oxytropis frigida f. albiflora M.M.Gao Oxytropis uralensis var. pumila Ledeb. Spiesia alpina (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |