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Oxytropis oligantha Bunge sect. Baicalia 
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FamilyFABACEAE
Genus speciesOxytropis oligantha Bunge sect. Baicalia
BibliographyMém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2: 586 (1835)
Native Rangesw. Siberia to Kazakhstan and Mongolia
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocks and scree
Descriptionleaves 3-7cm, densely grey-white sericeous, leaflets elliptic or oblong, 3-9mm, obtuse, of 3-4 in 6-14whorls, flowers in umbel or short raceme, pod long acuminate, 2cm
Size5-12cm
Colorviolet
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationscarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsOxytropis oligantha var. glabra Revuschkin
Oxytropis politovii Sumnev.
Spiesia oligantha (Bunge) Kuntze
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan)
     37 Mongolia
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