Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Trifolium brandegeei S.Watson trib. Trifolieae |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3500-4000m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves crowded, leaflets 7-30mm, oval to elliptic-oblong, glabrous, at apex shallowly dentate, heads 5-more-flowered, flowers 13-20mm long, pod glabrous |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; basal cuttings in late spring and summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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