Astragalus iliensis Bunge

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Astragalus

Characteristics

Plants 30-60(-80) cm tall, subshrubby, densely covered with appressed, ± medifixed, only white hairs 0.5-1 mm. Stems of current year up to 20 cm. Leaves 3-5 cm; stipules 2-3(-4) mm, lower ones connate behind stem, upper ones mostly free, sparsely to loosely hairy, at margins with strongly asymmetri­cally bifurcate to basifixed hairs; petiole 0.5-1 cm, like rachis densely to rather densely hairy; leaflets in 1 or 2 pairs, 20-35 × 2.5-4 mm, both surfaces rather densely hairy. Racemes 5-12 cm, remotely many flowered; peduncle 2-5 cm, densely hairy; bracts 1-2 mm, hairy. Calyx 4-5 mm, densely covered with partly flexuous, tangled, subappressed hairs; teeth ca. 1 mm. Petals purple; standard ovate, 8-9 × ca. 3.5 mm, apex slightly emarginate; wings 7-8 mm; keel 6-7 mm. Legumes 4-5 mm, ca. 2 mm high, slightly compressed laterally, with a beak ca. 1 mm; valves densely villous with spreading, soft, white hairs.
Life form perennial
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.6
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Distribution

Astragalus iliensis world distribution map, present in China, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:477914-1
WFO ID wfo-0000186798
COL ID 5W7Q7
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Synonyms

Astragalus ilensis Astragalus iliensis Tragacantha iliensis Astragalus iliensis var. iliensis