Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Thermopsis mongolica Czefr. trib. Thermopsideae |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 16: 213 (1954) |
Native Range | Siberia to Central Asia and n. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Description | leaflets linear-lanceolate to linear, 3-7mm, acute, on both faces densely appressed pubescent, raceme lax, 5-18cm long, flowers in whorls |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Thermopsis grubovii Czefr. Thermopsis junatovii Czefr. Thermopsis lanceolata var. mongolica (Czefr.) C.J.Wang & X.Y.Zhu Thermopsis saurensis Chang Y.Yang |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |