Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis lehmannii Bunge sect. Protoxytropis |
Bibliography | Arbeiten Naturf. Vereins Riga 1: 225 (1847) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1800-4800m |
Description | leaves 2-6cm, leaflets dense, 11-31, lanceolate to oblong, 3-12mm, appressed sericeous, acute, flowers 8-10, 6-11mm, in raceme, pod oblong or ovoid, white pilose |
Size | 6-20cm |
Color | purple, pale pink |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Oxytropis aequipetala Bunge Spiesia aequipetala (Bunge) Kuntze Spiesia lehmannii (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet) |