Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Argyrolobium stipulaceum Eckl. & Zeyh. trib. Genisteae |
Bibliography | Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 187 (1836) |
Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Description | branchlets densely sericeous-lanate, stipules foliate, broadly ovate, leaflets equally large, elliptic-oblong or cuneate, flowers in umbel, shortly pedicellate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | dull yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 1-3 months cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Chasmone verticillata E.Mey. Genista ballii Briq. Genista stipulacea (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Briq. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |