Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Onobrychis laxiflora Baker trib. Hedysareae |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 159 (1882) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Iran and w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2100-2500m |
Description | leaves pinnate, leaflets 9-17, ovate, obtuse or acute, mucronate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially pubescent, flowers in axillary pedunculate raceme, corolla ca. 15mm long |
Size | 25-35cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | spring |
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, 13-18°C basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |