Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Argyrolobium roseum (Cambess.) Jaub. & Spach trib. Genisteae |
Bibliography | Ill. Pl. Orient. 1: 116 (1842) |
Native Range | e. & se. Arabian Peninsula, Iraq to India |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Description | adpressed hirsute, leaves ternate, leaflets shortly petiolate, cuneate-obovate, retuse, flowers 3-5, pod hirsute, narrowly linear |
Size | 10-12cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 1-3 months cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Argyrolobium album U.C.Bhattach. Argyrolobium kotschyi Boiss. Argyrolobium prostratum Boiss. Argyrolobium roseum var. album (U.C.Bhattach.) L.B.Chaudhary Argyrolobium roseum var. elongatum (Ali) L.B.Chaudhary Argyrolobium roseum ssp. elongatum Ali Cytisus roseus Cambess. Genista aucheri Briq. Genista kotschyi (Boiss.) Briq. Genista rosea (Jaub. & Spach) Briq. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq) 35 Arabian Peninsula (GST Gulf States, OMA Oman, SAU Saudi Arabia, YEM Yemen) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (IND India, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |