Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC. sect. Orobia |
Bibliography | Astragalogia: 74 (1802) |
Native Range | European Mountains |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | green, acaulescent, leaves 5-10cm, leaflets 8-12-pairs, oblong-ovate or lanceolate, appresed hirsute, glabrescent, raceme globose, many flowered, pod oblong-ovate |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Aragallus campestris (L.) Greene Aragallus campestris var. caerulescens (W.D.J.Koch) A.Heller Astragalus campestris L. Astragalus campestris var. sordidus P.Fourn. Astragalus nuriae (Sennen) Sennen Oxytropis adproximata Less. Oxytropis campestris ssp. azurea Carrillo & Ninot Oxytropis campestris var. caerulea W.D.J.Koch Oxytropis halleri var. ochroleuca Costa Oxytropis lancifolia Vis. ex Bunge Oxytropis nuriae Sennen Phaca campestris (L.) Wahlenb. Spieisa campestris (L.) Kuntze Tragacantha campestris (L.) Kunzte |
Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (GRB Great Britain, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLT Baltic States, UKR Ukraine) |