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Oxytropis savellanica Bunge ex Boiss. sect. Protoxytropis 
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FamilyFABACEAE
Genus speciesOxytropis savellanica Bunge ex Boiss. sect. Protoxytropis
BibliographyFl. Orient. 2: 503 (1872)
Native RangeTurkey to Central Asia and w. Himalaya
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatgrassland
Altitude2800-5100m
Descriptionsubcaulescent, appresed hirsute, leaflets 5-9 pairs, minute, oblong, obtuse, heads subumbellate, 3-5-flowered, calyx campanulate, pod sessile, oblong, acuminate
Size3-10cm
Colorpurple
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationscarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsOxytropis carduchorum Hedge
Spiesia savellanica (Bunge ex Boiss.) Kuntze
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan)
     34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey)
     36 China (CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet)
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya)
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