Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis heratensis Bunge ex Boiss. trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 2: 507 (1872) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to e. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | cinereous grey hirsute, leaflets remote, 5-6 pairs, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, flowers minute in capitate raceme, calyx black hirsute, pod oblong, white hirsute |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | lilac |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Spiesia heratensis (Bunge ex Boiss.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) |