Astragalus khasianus Benth. ex Bunge

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Astragalus

Characteristics

Plants 30-100 cm tall; hairs appressed to partly spreading, white, in inflorescence also dark brown. Stem 2-5 mm thick, branched, erect, hollow, glabrous or loosely hairy. Leaves 8-11.5 cm; stipules 8-16 mm, often nearly amplexicaul, at mar­gins with long spreading hairs; petiole 1.4-2.6 cm, like rachis glabrous or sparsely hairy; leaflets in 10-13 pairs, narrowly elliptic, 12-28(-35) × 4-9(-12) mm, abaxially somewhat densely hairy, adaxially glabrous or sparsely to loosely hairy, apex obtuse. Racemes 4-8 cm, rather loosely 15-30-flowered; peduncle 6-18 cm, sparsely to loosely hairy; bracts soon falling, whitish membranous, 4-8 mm, white ciliate. Bracteoles subulate, 1.5-2.5 mm, soon falling. Calyx 6-8 mm, loosely to rather densely hairy; teeth unequal, 1-3 mm. Petals yellow or yellowish brown; standard oblong or elliptic, 13-15 × 6.5-7.5 mm, apex emarginate; wings 13-15 mm; keel 13-15 mm. Leg­umes with a stipe 5-7 mm, obliquely narrowly ellipsoid, 18-25 mm, 5-7.5 mm high, obtusely keeled ventrally, grooved dor­sally, with a beak 2-4 mm, 2-locular; valves thin, glabrous.
Life form perennial
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 1.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Astragalus khasianus world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:478111-1
WFO ID wfo-0000204890
COL ID HYJ8
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Synonyms

Astragalus englerianus Astragalus duclouxii Astragalus khasianus Tragacantha khasiana Astragalus duclouxii Astragalus englerianus var. gingdongensis Astragalus englerianus var. longiflorus