Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Vella spinosa Boiss. |
Bibliography | Not. Abies Pinsapo: 9 (1838) |
Native Range | s. & se. Spain |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1300-2200m |
Description | ramose and spinose, leaves small, linear-lanceolate, subcarnose, grey-green, ciliate, corolla 8-12mm across, obscurely violet striate, silicles unilateral |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | straw yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Pseudocytisus spinosus (Boiss.) Rehder Vella spinosa var. subglabra H.Lindb. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (SPA Spain) |