Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Sophora prostrata Buchanan trib. Sophoreae |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 16: 395 (1884) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
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 | shrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 1-3 months cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Edwardsia prostrata (Buchanan) W.R.B.Oliv. Sophora tetraptera var. prostrata (Buchanan) Kirk |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |