Astragalus gregorii B.Fedtsch. & Basil.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Astragalus

Characteristics

Plants 4-7 cm tall, with ± medifixed, in vegetative parts white hairs. Leaves 1.5-3 cm; stipules 2-3 mm, shortly adnate to petiole, sparsely appressed hairy; petiole 0.5-1 cm, rather densely covered with appressed hairs 0.6-0.8 mm; leaflets in 1 pair, narrowly elliptic, 3-5 × ca. 1.5 mm, both surfaces densely to rather densely appressed hairy. Racemes with a peduncle 1-2 cm, 2-4-flowered. Calyx ca. 7 mm, rather densely covered with appressed black hairs 0.2-0.5(-0.8) mm and with a few white hairs 0.8-1.2 mm; teeth 1.5-2 mm. Petals pink; standard ellip­tic, ca. 21 × 10 mm, apex widely emarginate; wings ca. 19 mm; keel ca. 15 mm. Ovary substipitate, linear, white hairy. Leg­umes unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.07
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Distribution

Astragalus gregorii world distribution map, present in China and Mongolia

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WFO ID wfo-0000207830
COL ID HY2D
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Synonyms

Astragalus gregorii