Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis bellii (Britton ex Macoun) Palib. sect. Baicalia |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. Genéve, sér. 2. 2, 19 (1910) |
Native Range | Nunavut to Manitoba |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | acaulescent, adpressed hirsute, leaves 15-20cm, leaflets lanceolate, 7-12mm, adaxially subglabrous, raceme globose, few flowered, bracts linear-lanceolate, corolla ca. 18mm |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C basal cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Aragallus bellii (Britton ex Macoun) Greene Astragalus bellii (Britton ex Macoun) Tidestr. Oxytropis arctica ssp. bellii (Britton ex Macoun) Á.Löve & D.Löve Oxytropis arctica var. bellii (Britton ex Macoun) B.Boivin Spiesia bellii Britton ex Macoun |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (NUN Nunavut) 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba) |