Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Coursetia pumila (Rose) Lavin |
Bibliography | Advances Legume System. [C.H. Stirton, ed.] 3: 63 (1987) |
Native Range | Mexico |
Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | woody-based, stems purple, stipules subulate, 3mm, leaves pinnate, 5-8cm, leaflets 11-15, oblong to oval, rounded, mucronate, adaxially glabrous, raceme 3-6-flowered, 3-9cm |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow-purple |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Benthamantha painteri Rydb. Benthamantha pumila Rose Cracca pumila (Rose) M.E.Jones |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXN Mexico Northwest, MXS Mexico Southwest) |