Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb

Retem (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Retama

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.2
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use fuel material medicinal social use vertebrate poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Abortifacient (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Retama raetam leaf picture by Buscemi Giuseppe (cc-by-sa)
Retama raetam leaf picture by felix1972 (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Retama raetam flower picture by Jeff Sapire (cc-by-sa)
Retama raetam flower picture by Amadeus Mozart (cc-by-sa)
Retama raetam flower picture by Buscemi Giuseppe (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Retama raetam world distribution map, present in Australia, Algeria, Egypt, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:496293-1
WFO ID wfo-0000213399
COL ID 6WSCD
BDTFX ID 83960
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Retama raetum Genista raetam Genista retama Lygos raetam Spartium raetam Retama raetam

Lower taxons

Retama raetam subsp. gussonei Retama raetam subsp. raetam Retama raetam subsp. bovei