Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis songorica (Pall.) DC. sect. Orobia |
Bibliography | Astragalogia: 73 (1802) |
Native Range | se. European Russia to Xinjiang and Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-2800m |
Description | acaulescent, grey pubescent, leaves 10-20cm, leaflets 14-20 pairs, oblong to lanceolate, mucronate, 1-2cm, raceme elongate, 5-10cm, many flowered, flowers 17-20mm long |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | purple |
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 | Aragallus songoricus (Pall.) Greene Astragalus caudatus Pall. Astragalus songoricus Pall. Spiesia songorica (DC.) Kuntze |
Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |