Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis hirsutiuscula Freyn sect. Mesogaea |
Bibliography | Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2. 5: 1021 (1905) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Iran and Qinghai |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-4300m |
Description | leaves 5-8cm, leaflets 15-21, ovate-oblong to oblong, 3-10mm, appressed white hirsute, flowers numerous, 6-9mm, in raceme, pod broadly oblong, pendent, black appressed hirsute |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Oxytropis caraganetorum Vassilcz. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 36 China (CHQ Qinghai, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |