Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Adesmia spuma Werderm ex Burkart trib. Adesmieae |
Bibliography | Darwiniana 3: 337 (1939) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina to c. & n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 2000-4600m |
Description | white hirsute, leaves pinnate, long petiolate, leaflets 8-16 pairs, narrowly oblanceolate, complicate, flowers 7-8mm long, solitary, sessile, axillary, pod glabrous |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | whitish yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North) |