Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Sophora prostrata Buchanan trib. Sophoreae |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | lowland-montane |
Description | branchlets brown, glabrous, leaves to 25mm, leaflets 4-8-pairs, ca. 4mm long, oblong, glabrous, flowers 1-3 on thin, sericeous pedicels, corolla ca. 2cm across |
Size | 10-200cm |
Color | brownish yellow, orange |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | - |
Type | decumbent shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 1-3 months cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Australasia
New Zealand (New Zealand South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
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