Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Onobrychis ptolemaica (Delile) DC. trib. Hedysareae |
Synonyms | Hedysarum ptolemaicum Delile |
Onobrychis gaillardotii Boiss. | |
Onobrychis olivieri Boiss. | |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Description | adpressed softly lanate, leaflets 4-8-pairs, oblong or elliptic, adaxially glabrous, raceme long, many flowered, calyx lanate, lobes lanceolate-subulate, pod densely lanate |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | early spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Northern Africa (Egypt ) Asia-Temperate Western Asia (Iran , Iraq , Lebanon-Syria , Palestine , Sinai , Turkey ) Arabian Peninsula (Kuwait , Yemen) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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