Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis gmelinii Fisch. ex Boriss. sect. Orobia |
Bibliography | Sovetsk. Bot. 1936(4): 120 (1936) |
Native Range | e. European Russia to w. Siberia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 10-20cm, leaflets 7-12 pairs, oblong or lanceolate, 8-15mm, appresed white sericeous, raceme short, globose, many flowered, dense, pod ovoid, ventricose |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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 |
Synonyms | Oxytropis gmelinii var. elongata Knjaz. |
Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (WSB West Siberia) |