Rock Garden Plants
Oxytropis chesneyoides Gontsch. sect. Ortholoma 
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FamilyFABACEAE
Genus speciesOxytropis chesneyoides Gontsch. sect. Ortholoma
BibliographyBot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 10: 86 (1947)
Native RangeCentral Asia
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocks
Descriptionacaulescent, leaves 7-9cm, leaflets 10-15 pairs, oval-orbiculate, 5-8mm, scattered white hirsute, adaxially green, raceme ovoid-oblong, 3-4cm, lax, pod 2cm, coriaceous
Size14-18cm
Colorviolet
Bloomspring, early summer
Ca-
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationscarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C
cuttings in late summer
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan)
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