Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis stracheyana Bunge trib. Galegeae |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 22(1): 62 (1874) |
Native Range | Central Asia to w. & n. China and Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2200-5000m |
Description | leaves pinnate, petiolate, leaflets 5-9, sessile, 5-7mm, elliptic to oblong, entire, obtuse, densely velutinous-hirsute, flowers in head, corolla 2-3cm long |
Size | 2-3cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Spiesia stracheyana (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |