Astragalus buchtormensis Pall.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Astragalus

Characteristics

Plants 10-22 cm tall, acaulescent, covered with ± spreading hairs up to 3 mm. Leaves 10-20 cm; stipules 10-15 mm, sparsely to densely hairy, adnate to petiole for 2-4 mm; petiole 2-6 cm, like rachis loosely to densely hairy; leaflets in 18-30 pairs, narrowly elliptic, 5-12 × 2-4 mm, often folded, abaxially loosely to rather densely hairy, adaxially glabrous, apex rounded to slightly retuse. Racemes 2-or 3-flowered; peduncle 1-5 cm, loosely hairy; bracts 7-13 mm, ciliate. Calyx 10-14 mm, loosely to densely hairy especially in upper part, rarely in basal part glabrous; teeth 4-5 mm. Petals yellow; standard elliptic to obovate, 20-24 × 8-10(-12) mm, apex emarginate; wings 19-22 mm; keel 16-20 mm. Legumes with a stipe 2-5 mm, (10-)15-20 mm, 6-8 mm high and wide, with a straight beak 3-5 mm, incompletely 2-locular; valves thinly leathery, loosely covered with long spreading hairs, more rarely glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Mature height (meter) 0.12 - 0.22
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Astragalus buchtormensis world distribution map, present in China, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, and Ukraine

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:476567-1
WFO ID wfo-0000185727
COL ID 5VVN7
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Synonyms

Astragalus novoascanicus Myobroma buchtormensis Myobroma henningii Astragalus dubius Astragalus henningii Astragalus novascanicus Tragacantha buchtormensis Astragalus buchtormensis Astragalus lignosus Astragalus buchtormensis var. fuscescens Astragalus buchtormensis var. dasycarpus Astragalus buchtormensis var. gymnocarpus Astragalus dubius var. buchtormensis Astragalus lignosus var. minor