Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis carpatica R.Uechtr. sect. Protoxytropis |
Bibliography | Oesterr. Bot. Z. 14: 218 (1864) |
Native Range | Carpathians |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1200-1800m |
Description | acaulescent, more or less glabrous, leaflets 13 pairs, flowers to 16mm in spherical cluster, pod lanceolate-ovoid, sparsely hirsute |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | bright blue |
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 | Astragalus carpaticus (R.Uechtr.) Rouy Oxytropis montana var. carpatica (R.Uechtr.) Hausskn. |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (CZE Czechoslovakia, POL Poland) 13 Southeastern Europe (ROM Romania) 14 Eastern Europe (UKR Ukraine) |