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Oxytropis alpina Bunge sect. Orobia 
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FamilyFABACEAE
Genus speciesOxytropis alpina Bunge sect. Orobia
BibliographyIndex Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1840: 8 (1840)
Native RangeSiberia to Xinjiang
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatgrassland and scree
Descriptionacaulescent, green, leaflets 11-18 pairs, crowded, oblong-ovate to lanceolate, 5-15mm, appressed white hirsute, raceme broadly ovate to orbiculate, corolla 17-20mm long
Size1-5cm
Colorpale purple
Bloomspring
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationmesic, slightly humous, sunny site
alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun
Propagationscarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsOxytropis frigida f. albiflora M.M.Gao
Oxytropis uralensis var. pumila Ledeb.
Spiesia alpina (Bunge) Kuntze
Territory3 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
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