Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Hoffmannseggia doellii Phil. trib. Caesalpinieae |
Bibliography | Anales Univ. Chile 41: 710 (1872) |
Native Range | sw. Bolivia to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 500-3500m |
Description | subcaulescent, densely glandular, leaves 3-7cm, leaflets 3-6mm, ovate, flowers 8-10mm, pod hispid, glandular, falcate or sigmoid, 25-30mm |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow-orange |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late spring |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |