Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis oligantha Bunge sect. Baicalia |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2: 586 (1835) |
Native Range | sw. Siberia to Kazakhstan and Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | leaves 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 |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | 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 oligantha var. glabra Revuschkin Oxytropis politovii Sumnev. Spiesia oligantha (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 37 Mongolia |