Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Onobrychis calcarea Vandas trib. Hedysareae |
Bibliography | Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math. Naturwiss. Cl. 1888: 443 (1889) |
Native Range | Balkan Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | adpressed grey hirsute, stems numerous, erect, leaves 4-7-jugate, leaflets narrowly linear, mucronate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially sericeous-hirsute, flowers in spike |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Onobrychis alba ssp. calcarea (Vandas) P.W.Ball Onobrychis alba var. echinata (Vandas) Micevski Onobrychis calcarea var. echinata Vandas Onobrychis calcarea f. echinata (Vandas) Širj. Onobrychis calcarea f. kosaninii Širj. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) |