Adesmia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Adesmia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Adesmia (not bound; referring to the free stamens). Leguminosae. More than 100 species of tender herbs, shrubs or sub-shrubs from S. Amer., allied to the peanut. Lvs. abruptly pinnate, ending in a bristle: fls. axillary, solitary, or sometimes racemose and terminal. Some of them are showy. A. balsamica, Bert. Lvs. 1-1 1/2in. long; lfts. 10-16 in pairs: racemes 3-8-fld.; fls. 2/3in. across, golden yellow. Chile. B.M. 6921.—Has the odor of balsam.—A. boronioides. Hook. A pretty shrub, warted all over, except the petals and lfts., with large balsamiferous glands: lvs. 1 1/2-2 in. long, made up of from 10-13 pairs of sessile, orbicular, coarsely crenate, dark green lfts.: fls. bright orange-yellow, in terminal racemes. Patagonia. B.M. 7748. —A. glutinosa. Hook. & Arn. 2 ft., shrubby; the branches clothed with glutinous hairs: lvs. with 3-4 pairs of hairy elliptic lfts.: fls. yellow, racemose and terminal. Chile.—Neither is in the American trade, but both cult. in botanic gardens. N. Taylor. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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