Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Ottleya oroboides (Kunth) D.D.Sokoloff trib. Loteae |
Synonyms | Tephrosia oroboides Kunth |
Hosackia angustifolia G.Don | |
Hosackia mexicana Benth. | |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Description | stems ramose, leaves shortly petiolate or subsessile, cinereous grey, leaflets oblong to linear-oblong, flowers solitary, calyx lobes subulate, pod strigose |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1 month, 18-21°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (Texas ) Mexico (Mexico Central , Mexico Northeast , Mexico Gulf , Mexico Northwest , Mexico Southwest , Mexico Southeast) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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