Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Adesmia serrana M.N.Correa trib. Adesmieae |
Bibliography | Darwiniana 23: 154 (1981) |
Native Range | s. Argentina (Rio Negro) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 400-500m |
Description | densely spinose, leaves 1-2cm, leaflets usually 1pair, elliptic, 6-10mm long, rather carnose, revolute, flowers 6-8 mm long, pedicellate, pod glabrous |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South) |