Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Carmichaelia astoni G.Simpson trib. Carmichaelieae |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | branchlets rigid, sulcate, leaves on juvenile plants simple, sessile, obcordate, pilose, flowers 3-7 in loose racemes, corolla purple striate, ca 12mm long |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 3-6 months, cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Australasia
New Zealand (New Zealand South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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