Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Adesmia digitata Burkart trib. Adesmieae |
Bibliography | Darwiniana 13: 59 (1964) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2800-4000m |
Description | spines simple, leaves 5-10mm, sericeous-pubescent, palmatipinnate, leaflets 4, obovate, 2-5mm, conduplicate, flowers shortly pedicellate |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | orange yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring cuttings in summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |