Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis nutans Bunge sect. Ianthina |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 39(II): 17 (1866) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1800-4100m |
Description | leaves 8-10cm, leaflets 41-61, oblong-lanceolate to ovate, 5-18mm, sparsely yellow sericeous, acute, flowers numerous, 2cm, pendent, in raceme, pod pedicellate, ovoid, pendent |
Size | 15-50cm |
Color | yellow, purple, white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Oxytropis qiemoensis H.Ohba & al. Spiesia nutans (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |