Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis qamdoensis X.Y.Zhu, Y.F.Du & H.Ohashi trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Novon 12: 430 (2002) |
Native Range | Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3200-3300m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves white hirsute, pinnate, leaflets in 9-11 whorls, ovate to oblong-ovate, acute, flowers in raceme, 5-13cm, calyx campanulate, corolla 15-20mm long |
Size | 5-40cm |
Color | white |
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 36 China (CHT Tibet) |