Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis subcapitata Gontsch. sect. Eumorpha |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 9: 88 (1941) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | acaulescent, white appresed hirsute, leaves 10-17cm, leaflets 20-28-pairs, lanceolate, acute, 6-10mm, raceme short, dense, subglobose, many flowered, flowers 15-20mm |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | violet |
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 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) |