Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Genista libanotica Boiss. trib. Genisteae |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 9: 3 (1849) |
Native Range | Lebanon to Syria and Turkey |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 500-600m |
Description | leaves oblong, obtuse, white hirsute, stipules subulate, flowers 1-4 in short terminal racemes, calyx hirsute, pod sparsely adpressed hirsute |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |