Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Adesmia schneideri Phil. trib. Adesmieae |
Synonyms | Adesmia rigida Skottsb. |
Habitat | cold steppes |
Altitude | 200-3300m |
Description | spines prominent, yellow, leaves silvery sericeous, pinnate, leaflets 4-7 pairs, crowded, obovate to elliptic, flowers ca. 1cm long, in small, terminal raceme |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub, 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 , Argentina Northwest , Chile Central) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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