Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis dichroantha Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. sect. Ortholoma |
Bibliography | Enum. Pl. Nov. 1: 78 (1841) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2200-3000m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 3-6cm, leaflets 17-25, oblong-oval, 6mm, velutinous-hirsute, flowers numerous, 6-14mm, in dense capitate raceme, pod ellipsoid, ventricose, white villose |
Size | 4-10cm |
Color | pinkish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Oxytropis algida Bunge Spiesia algida (Bunge) Kuntze Spiesia dichroantha (Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |