Astragalus miyalomontis P.C.Li

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Astragalus

Characteristics

Plants 10-20 cm tall; hairs appressed, symmetrically to slightly asymmetrically bifurcate, white. Main stem prostrate, branched, side stems ascending to erect, branched, up to 15 cm, loosely to rather densely covered with hairs 0.3-0.5 mm. Leaves 1.5-3 cm; stipules ca. 3 mm, free from petiole but shortly connate to each other in front of petiole, behind stem vaginate-connate to middle, rather densely hairy; petiole 0.5-1 cm, with rachis densely to rather densely hairy like stem; leaf­lets in (4-)6 or 7 pairs, elliptic to obovate, 2.5-5 × 1.5-3 mm, apex emarginate, both surfaces loosely covered with hairs 0.4-0.7 mm. Racemes short, rather densely 4-7-flowered; peduncle 1-2.5 cm, loosely hairy like stem; bracts ca. 1 mm, partly cov­ered with basifixed hairs. Calyx 4-5 mm, rather densely hairy; teeth 2-2.5 mm. Petals reddish; standard elliptic, ca. 11 × 5 mm, apex emarginate; wings ca. 10 mm; keel ca. 8 mm. Leg­umes shortly stipitate, erect, linear, in upper part distinctly up­curved, 10-12 mm, ca. 2 mm high and ca. 1.5 mm wide, with a beak ca. 1 mm, 1-locular; valves thin, loosely covered with ap­pressed to subappressed hairs ca. 3 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Distribution

Astragalus miyalomontis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:937671-1
WFO ID wfo-0001269656
COL ID HZ7F
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Synonyms

Astragalus miyalomontis