Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Adesmia hemisphaerica Hauman trib. Adesmieae |
Bibliography | Apuntes Hist. Nat. 1: 54 (1909) |
Native Range | nw. Argentina (Mendoza) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3200-3600m |
Description | leaves in fascicles at apex of spinose branchlets, 6-12mm long, long petiolate, leaflets 7-9 pairs, obovate, complicate, setose, flowers 2-5, 5-8mm long, in cluster |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
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) |