Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis maydelliana Trautv. sect. Orobia |
Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 6: 16 (1879) |
Native Range | n. Russian Far East to Subarctic America and Canada |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, 2-4cm long, glabrous, leaflets 5-17 pairs, 3-9mm, oblong, flowers in dense raceme, corolla 15-20mm, pod ovoid, 1-2cm, sessile, hirsute, yellow-green |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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 campestris var. glabrata Hook. Oxytropis campestris var. melanocephala Hook. Oxytropis glabrata (Hook.) A.Nelson Oxytropis maydeliana ssp. melanocephala (Hook.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 72 Eastern Canada (QUE Québec) |