Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis juniperina (S.L.Welsh) P.M.Sl. |
Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
Native Range | Nevada to Arizona |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | densely pulvinate, leaves 5-20mm, leaves 2-3-jugate, leaflets oblong, 2-5mm, flowers few in short raceme among leaves, corolla 5-9mm, pod spherical, to 1cm |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | pink, white |
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 oreophila var. juniperina S.L.Welsh, Great Basin Naturalist 38: 339 (1978) |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |