Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Genista pulchella Vis. trib. Genisteae |
Bibliography | Flora 13: 51 (1830) |
Native Range | w. Balkan Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 600-1400m |
Description | young branchlets and leaves appressed sericeous, leaves 2-9mm long, narrowly elliptic, flowers solitary, ca. 1cm long, in axills of terminal leaves |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 1-3 months cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Chronanthos pulchellus (Vis.) K.Koch Chronanthos villarsii (Clementi) K.Koch Cytisus pulchellus (Vis.) Vis. Cytisus villarsii (Clementi) Vis. Genista humifusa Vill. Genista pilosa ssp. villarsii (Clementi) Bonnier Genista pulchella ssp. villarsii (Clementi) Kerguélen Genista villarsii Clementi Genista villarsii ssp. pulchella (Vis.) Nyman |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, YUG Yugoslavia) |