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| | Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species var. | Adesmia schneideri Phil. trib. Adesmieae |
| Synonyms | Adesmia rigida Skottsb. |
| | Patagonium schneideri (Phil.) Kuntze |
| Territory |
SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile
cold steppes
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| Altitude | 700-2800m |
| Description |
spines prominent, yellow, leaves silvery sericeous, pinnate, leaflets 4-7 pairs, crowded, obovate to elliptic, flowers about 1cm long, in small, terminal raceme |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | spinose cushion
| | Cultivation | open site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring cuttings in summer |
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