Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis assiensis Vassilcz. sect. Xerobia |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 20: 246 (1960) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2200-5300m |
Description | leaves 2-5cm, leaflets 9-15, ovate to lanceolate, 5-8mm, appressed hirsute, flowers 3-7, ca. 26mm long, in raceme, calyx purple, pod ovoid, white lanate |
Size | 3-8cm |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) |