Astragalus kunlunensis H.Ohba, S.Akiyama & S.K.Wu

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Astragalus

Characteristics

Plants 20-50 cm tall, caespitose. Stems 5-30 cm, with ± long internodes, sparsely to loosely covered with appressed to subappressed white or black and white hairs 0.1-0.3 mm. Leaves 4-9 cm; stipules 3-5 mm, subglabrous, shortly to dis­tinctly vaginate-connate behind stem; petiole 1-3.5 cm, to­gether with rachis sparsely to loosely white hairy like stem; leaflets in 5-7(-9) pairs, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 7-20 × 2.5-6 mm, often folded, abaxially sparsely to loosely appressed white hairy, adaxially glabrous, apex obtuse to slightly emar­ginate. Racemes capitate to ovoid, densely 10-30-flowered, strongly elongated at fruiting time and up to 10 cm; peduncle 5-18 cm, loosely covered with appressed to slightly ascending black and white hairs; bract ca. 2 mm, sparsely black hairy. Calyx 3.5-4 mm, loosely covered with appressed black hairs 0.05-0.2 mm; teeth ca. 1 mm. Petals purplish or white; standard widely obovate to orbicular, ca. 7 × 5-6.5 mm, apex slightly emarginate; wings 5-6 mm; keel 4-5 mm. Legumes sessile, angled-globose, 3-4 mm in diam., grooved ventrally and dor­sally, rounded at apex with obliquely inserted persistent style, 2-locular; valves cross-wrinkled, loosely to rather densely covered with appressed to ascending black and white hairs 0.1-0.3 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Astragalus kunlunensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:982299-1
WFO ID wfo-0001242652
COL ID HYMH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Astragalus kunlunensis