Astragalus novissimus Podlech & L.R.Xu

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Astragalus

Characteristics

Plants 8-12 cm tall, acaulescent, with only white hairs. Leaves 3-6 cm; stipules 3-4 mm, nearly free from petiole, appressed hairy, margin with basifixed hairs; petiole 1-3 cm, like rachis loosely to rather densely covered with medifixed, appressed hairs 0.5-1 mm; leaflets in 2-4 pairs, in basal leaves often only in 1 or 2 pairs, 7-12 × 3-5 mm, both surfaces densely to rather densely covered with medifixed, appressed hairs 1.5-2(-3) mm, apex acute. Racemes ovoid, 3-5 cm, densely many flowered; peduncle 3.5-6 cm, loosely to rather densely covered with medifixed, appressed hairs 0.5-1 mm; bracts ca. 2 mm, covered with mostly basifixed hairs. Calyx 11-12 mm, tubular at beginning of anthesis, soon inflated ovoid, rather densely covered with subbasifixed to basi­fixed, spreading, straight, white hairs 2-3 mm; teeth 3-4 mm. Standard elliptic, ca. 14 × 5 mm, slightly constricted below middle, apex slightly emarginate; wings ca. 13 mm; keel ca. 12 mm. Ovary sessile, hairy. Legumes unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Distribution

Astragalus novissimus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60434042-2
WFO ID wfo-0001272823
COL ID 68835
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Synonyms

Astragalus novissimus Astragalus laguroides var. micranthus