Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Lotus salvagensis R.P.Murray |
Bibliography | J. Bot. 35: 382 (1897) |
Native Range | Selvagens |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Description | procumbent, shortly adpressed hirsute, leaves subsessile, ternate, leaflets narrowly obovate, flowers of 1-4, shortly pedicellate, calyx lobes subulate, pod erect, thick |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1 month, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Lotus glaucus ssp. salvagensis (R.P.Murray) Sandral & D.D.Sokoloff Lotus paivae (Lowe) Menezes Pedrosia paivae Lowe |
Territory | 2 Africa 21 Macaronesia (SEL Selvagens) |