Astragalus altaicola Podlech

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Astragalus

Characteristics

Plants 15-35 cm tall, acaulescent, sparsely hairy to sub­glabrous. Leaves 11-25 cm; stipules 10-15 mm, ciliate, adnate to petiole for 4-5 mm; petiole 3-5 cm, like rachis glabrous or more rarely sparsely to loosely covered with long hairs; leaflets in 9-14 pairs, remote, ovate to obovate, 8-15 × 6-11 mm, mostly glabrous or ciliate, apex rounded to slightly retuse. Ra­cemes 6-8 cm, loosely 6-15-flowered; peduncle 4-8 cm, gla­brous or sparsely hairy; bracts 6-11 mm, ciliate. Calyx 12-15 mm, glabrous, rarely sparsely to rather densely covered all over with spreading hairs 1.5-3 mm; teeth 3-4 mm. Petals yellow; standard obovate, 23-25 × 9-10 mm; wings 17-19 mm; keel 16-19 mm. Legumes with a stipe 4-5 mm, 17-28 mm, 9-10 mm high and 10-12 mm wide, with a beak 1-2 mm, 2-locular; valves glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.35
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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Distribution

Astragalus altaicola world distribution map, present in China, Kazakhstan, Liberia, and Mongolia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:975544-1
WFO ID wfo-0000207588
COL ID 5VVZX
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Synonyms

Astragalus altaicola Tragacantha altaica