Astragalus roseus Ledeb.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Astragalus

Characteristics

Plants 10-20 cm tall, white hairy. Stems 7-15 cm, pros­trate to erect, densely to very densely covered with symmetri­cally or asymmetrically bifurcate, ascending to spreading hairs ca. 2 mm. Leaves (5-)7-13 cm; stipules 5-10 mm, adnate to petiole for ca. 1 mm, spreading hairy; petiole 1.5-4.5 cm, with rachis hairy like stem; leaflets in 9-13 pairs, 8-15 × 3-6 mm, both surfaces densely covered with ± medifixed, spreading hairs 2-3 mm. Racemes 2-2.5 cm, densely many flowered; pe­duncle distributed over whole length of stem, mostly 1-4 cm, hairy like stem; bracts 5-10 mm, spreading hairy. Calyx 11-14 mm, densely white villous; teeth filiform, 6-9 mm. Petals pink, all partly covered with short appressed hairs on upper or outer side, rarely glabrous; standard narrowly oblong, 13-17 × ca. 4 mm, apex emarginate; wings 11-15 mm; keel 9-11 mm. Leg­umes sessile, 7-9 mm, 4-5 mm high and ca. 3 mm wide, with a reflexed beak ca. 1 mm; valves densely covered with spreading white hairs.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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Distribution

Astragalus roseus world distribution map, present in China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:479573-1
WFO ID wfo-0000198570
COL ID 5VW3N
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Synonyms

Astragalus roseus Astragalus dasycephalus Tragacantha rosea Alopecias roseus Alopecias dasycephalus