Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Adesmia suffocata Hook.f. trib. Adesmieae |
Habitat | cold steppes |
Altitude | 300-500m |
Description | leaves silvery sericeous, pinnate, small, thick, leaflets 6-9pairs, erect, rhombic, 2-4mm long, flowers of 1-3, red striate, in terminal corymbs |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
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) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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