Astragalus heptapotamicus Sumnev.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Astragalus

Characteristics

Plants 2-4 cm tall, acaulescent, densely caespitose, veg­etative parts densely covered with appressed to subappressed, ± medifixed, white hairs 0.5-1 mm. Leaves 0.5-4 cm; stipules 2.5-4(-6) mm, shortly adnate to petiole, behind stem connate to middle or even higher up, rather densely hairy; petiole 0.3-1.5 cm, like rachis densely hairy; leaflets in (1 or)2-4 pairs, close together, 2-6 × 1-2 mm, flat or boot-shaped to folded, both surfaces densely hairy. Racemes (1 or)2-5-flowered; peduncle 0.3-3 cm, hairy like rachis; bracts 1.5-3 mm, hairy, margins with subbasifixed hairs. Calyx 9-10(-13) mm, densely covered with symmetrically or asymmetrically bifurcate, subappressed, white hairs 0.5-0.8 mm and often with much shorter black hairs especially at dorsal side; teeth 1.5-3.5 mm. Petals pale purplish; standard obovate, 17-22 × 9-10 mm, slightly constricted below middle, apex emarginate; wings 15-20 mm, limbs obliquely in­cised; keel 13-17 mm. Legumes subsessile, 18-22 mm, 3.5-5 mm high and ca. 2 mm wide, apex acuminate; valves densely villous with ascending to spreading white hairs 0.5-3 mm, gla­brescent with age.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.04
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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Distribution

Astragalus heptapotamicus world distribution map, present in China and Kazakhstan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:477787-1
WFO ID wfo-0001055680
COL ID 6883G
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Synonyms

Astragalus wensuensis Astragalus polakovii Astragalus heptapotamicus