Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Argyrolobium saharae Pomel trib. Genisteae |
Bibliography | Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 1: 177 (1874) |
Native Range | Algeria to Morocco, sw. Egypt |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 500-1500m |
Description | densely sericeous, leaves petiolate, ternate, leaflets sessile, ovate, rounded, mucronate, entire, 5-7mm, flowers in shortly pedunculate, umbellate raceme, corolla 1cm |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 1-3 months cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Argyrolobium linnaeanum var. saharae (Pomel) Batt. Genista pomeliana Maire |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, MOR Morocco) |