Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Genista hispanica L. trib. Genisteae |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets interlaced, spinose, leaves elliptic, 6-10mm long, abaxially sparsely adpressed hirsute, flowers ca. 1cm long in umbelate raceme |
Size | 40-60cm |
Color | rich bright yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rounded 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. 1-3 months cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Southwestern Europe (France , Spain) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
hispanica occidentalis Rouy, Fl. France [G.Rouy & J.Foucaud] 4: 226 (1897)
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