Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis rupifraga Bunge sect. Ianthina |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 39(II): 8 (1866) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1600-1700m |
Description | leaves 2-5cm, leaflets dense, 15-21, ovate to oblong, 2-5mm, densely white lanate, flowers 5-7, 15-20mm, in raceme, pod oblong or ovoid, appressed white hirsute |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | bluish purple |
Bloom | spring |
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 | Spiesia rupifraga (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |