Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Onobrychis cana (Boiss.) Hand.-Mazz. trib. Hedysareae |
Bibliography | Oesterr. Bot. Z. 59: 481 (1909) |
Native Range | Turkey to Caucasus |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sands |
Description | grey hirsute, leaflets 6-9pairs, elliptic-linear, acute or shallowly emarginate, flowers minute, shortly pedicellate in raceme, calyx adpressed hirsute |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | pale whitish violet |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Onobrychis arenaria ssp. cana (Boiss.) Hayek Onobrychis armena Boiss. & A.Huet Onobrychis armena f. longespicata Širj. Onobrychis balansae var. multiflora Freyn Onobrychis cadmea var. microcarpa Boiss. Onobrychis cana f. villosa Širj. Onobrychis cana f. zederbaueri Širj. Onobrychis lasiostachya var. cana Boiss. Onobrychis oxyodonta var. armena (Boiss. & A.Huet) Atoklu Onobrychis oxyodonta ssp. armena (Boiss. & A.Huet) Ponert |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (TUE Turkey-in-Europe) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey) |