Astragalus bahrakianus Grey-wilson

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Astragalus

Characteristics

Plants 30-60 cm tall, subglabrous or with curly, ± spreading hairs ca. 1 mm. Stems several, at base up to 8 mm thick, glabrous. Leaves 12-17 cm; stipules 2-4 cm, auricle-like dilated at base, glabrous; petiole ca. 2 cm, glabrous; leaflets in 3 or 4 pairs, narrowly ovate, 3.5-7 × 1.2-3 cm, abaxially or only at margin sparsely hairy, apex acute. Racemes loosely 7-10-flowered; peduncle erect, 9-20 cm, glabrous; bracts green, 1-2 cm, at margins and apex sparsely or all over loosely white and black hairy. Bracteoles sometimes present, 1-4 mm. Calyx 1.1-1.2 cm, sparsely to loosely covered with pale brown to black hairs; teeth triangular, 2-2.5 mm. Petals yellow; standard widely ovate to nearly orbicular, 20-23 × 13-16 mm, slightly emarginate; wings 18-19 mm; keel 16-18 mm. Legumes with a stipe 6-9 mm, inflated ellipsoid, 3-4(-5) cm, 1.5-2.2(-3) cm high and 1.2-1.4(-1.6) cm wide, rounded ventrally and dor­sally; valves glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
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 -

Distribution

Astragalus bahrakianus world distribution map, present in Afghanistan and China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:476348-1
WFO ID wfo-0000189696
COL ID HWLF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Astragalus bahrakianus