Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Adesmia glomerula Clos trib. Adesmieae |
Synonyms | Adesmia compacta Phil. |
Adesmia glomerata F.Phil. | |
Adesmia humilis Phil. | |
Habitat | snow patches |
Altitude | 2000-4000m |
Description | silvery sericeous, leaves palmatipinnate, 7-15mm long, leaflets 7-11, obovate, 2-4mm long, flowers solitary on the surface of cushion, 4-8mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | bright yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | cushion |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
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
glomerula australior Burkart, Darwinia 13: 16 (1964)
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