Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Adesmia hirsuta Phil. |
Bibliography | Anales Univ. Chile 41: 706 (1872) |
Native Range | c. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2000-2300m |
Description | grey hirsute, leaves fasciculate, 10-15mm, petiolate, leaflets minute, 3-4-pairs, narrowly obovate, at apex of branchlets, flowers in raceme, corolla large, 8-10mm |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Patagonium hirsutum (Phil.) Kuntze |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLC Chile Central) |