Oxytropis vermicularis Freyn

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Oxytropis

Characteristics

Herbs, 4-5 cm tall, acaulescent, from a multiheaded branched and sometimes elongated and flexuous caudex, low tufted. Stipules covered with appressed white trichomes, 1-veined, adnate to petiole. Leaves 0.5-1.5 cm, 13-19-foliolate; leaflet blades oblong-elliptic, ca. 2.5 × 1.3-1.4 mm, pubescent. Racemes umbelliform, 2-5-flowered; peduncle 2-5 cm, ca. 2 × as long as leaves, with trichomes; bracts linear, 3-4 mm, densely covered with black and white trichomes. Calyx broadly cylin­dric, 6-7 mm, black and white pubescent; lobes 3-4 mm, ca. 1/2 as long as tube. Corolla blue; standard ca. 1.3 cm, lamina orbicular, apex emarginate; wings as long as standard; keel as long as wings, beak ca. 1 mm. Ovary substipitate, glabrous or almost so. Legume unknown. Fl. Jun-Jul.
Life form perennial
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Distribution

Oxytropis vermicularis world distribution map, present in China, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:511979-1
WFO ID wfo-0000208909
COL ID 4BMNG
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Synonyms

Oxytropis vermicularis