Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Adesmia salicornioides Speg. trib. Adesmieae |
Synonyms | Adesmia carnosa Dusén |
Habitat | cold steppes |
Altitude | 0-1500m |
Description | leaves glabrous, carnose, trifoliolate, leaflets narrowly obovate, 2-5mm long, flowers solitary, terminal, pedicelate, 8-11mm long, with dark violet venation |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | cushion |
Cultivation | open site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South , Chile South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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