Family | POLYGALACEAE |
Genus species | Senega spinescens (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) J.F.B.Pastore |
Bibliography | Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 108: 144 (2023) |
Native Range | w. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-3100m |
Description | branchlets cylindrical, erect, ramose, leaves 3-12mm long, linear, inflorescence spicate, 1-6-flowered, corolla 5-6mm long, inner sepals equally long as the outer |
Size | 30-40cm |
Color | blue-white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Polygala spinescens Gillies ex Hook. & Arn. Polygala spinescens var. aspalathoides Ball |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest) |