Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis ladygini Krylov sect. Ianthina |
Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 21: 5 (1903) |
Native Range | Altay to Xinjiang and Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 500-2700m |
Description | acaulescent, leaflets 5-9 pairs, lanceolate, 4-10mm, acute, flowers in short, ovoid raceme, corolla 13-15mm, pod ovoid, 10-12mm, thinly coriaceous, unilocular |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | pale yellow |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |