Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Genista sagittalis L. trib. Genisteae |
Synonyms | Genista herbacea Lam. |
Genista minima Bubani | |
Genista tetragona Vill. ex Verl. | |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 80-2300m |
Description | branchlets winged, trailing, floral sprouts herbaceous, leaves elliptic, 5-20mm long, flowers in dense, capitate raceme, calyx hirsute, lobes subulate, corolla glabrous |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | rich yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 1-3 months cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Northern Europe Middle Europe (Austria , Belgium , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Netherlands , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Western Asia (Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
sagittalis delphinensis (Verl.) Greuter, Willdenowia 15(2): 428 (1986)
sagittalis undulata (Ern) Greuter, ibid.
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