Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Hippocrepis scabra DC. trib. Loteae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 2: 312 (1825) |
Native Range | Spain |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 300-1400m |
Description | leaves to 3cm, leaflets 3-6 pairs, 2-7mm, narrowly elliptic or oblong, often mucronate, adaxially glabrescent, abaxially sericeous, inflorescence axillary, pedicellate, 6-8-flowered |
Size | 8-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1 month, 18-21°C basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Hippocrepis bourgaei (Nyman) Font Quer Hippocrepis ciliata Campo ex Willk. & Lange Hippocrepis commutata Pau Hippocrepis comosa var. bourgaei (Nyman) O.Bolós & Vigo Hippocrepis comosa var. commutata (Pau) O.Bolós & Vigo Hippocrepis comosa var. scabra (DC.) O.Bolós & Vigo Hippocrepis glauca ssp. bourgaei Nyman Hippocrepis scabra var. jayana Sennen ex Hrabětová Hippocrepis scabra var. rupestris Hrabětová Hippocrepis scabra ssp. willkommiana (Scheele) Nyman Hippocrepis willkommiana Scheele |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (SPA Spain) |