Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis tatarica Hook.f. & Thomson. ex Bunge trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 22(1): 17 (1874) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves imparipinnate, leaflets opposite, sessile, 3-7mm, oblong, entire, mucronate, flowers in pedunculate head, calyx white and black hirsute, corolla 15mm long |
Size | 2-10cm |
Color | blue, 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 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |