Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis australis (S.L.Welsh) P.M.Sl. trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
Native Range | Nevada to Utah |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2100-3400m |
Description | caespitose, acaulescent, leaves 5-15cm, leaflets 15-33, 15-20mm, oblong or elliptic, subglabrous, scapes adpressed hirsute, flowers 2-11 in raceme, corolla to 2cm |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | late spring, 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 borealis var. australis S.L.Welsh, Great Basin Naturalist 50: 359 (1991) |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |