Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Farsetia heliophila Bunge ex Coss. |
Bibliography | Comp. Fl. Atlant. 2: 227 (1887) |
Native Range | se. Iran to w. Pakistan, Arabian Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | branchlets rigid, erect, leaves very narrow, reduced, to 20mm long, flowers in raceme, corolla to 10mm across, siliques narrow, erect, 2-3mm broad |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) 35 Arabian Peninsula (GST Gulf States, OMA Oman, SAU Saudi Arabia) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |