Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Oxytropis biloba Saposhn. sect. Ortholoma |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 4: 135 (1923) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | acaulescent, leaves 3-6cm, leaflets 8-13 pairs, oblong-ovate, 4-7mm, silvery sericeous, raceme dense, globose, many flowered, in fruit elongate, bracts lanate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | rose, 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |