Astragalus scaberrimus Bunge

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Astragalus

Characteristics

Plants 8-15 cm tall, acaulescent to more rarely shortly caulescent, covered with appressed to subappressed, ± medi­fixed, only white hairs up to 1 mm. Stems, if present, up to 5 cm, densely hairy. Leaves 3-10(-14) cm; stipules 4-7 mm, densely hairy; petiole 1.5-3(-5) cm, like rachis rather densely hairy; leaflets in 3-6(-8) pairs, narrowly elliptic to elliptic, 4-12(-15) × 2-5(-7) mm, both surfaces sparsely to rather densely hairy. Racemes loosely 3-5-flowered; peduncle 0.3-1.5(-3.5) cm, appressed white hairy; bracts 2-3 mm, hairy. Calyx 7-9 mm, densely covered with appressed hairs; teeth 2-2.5(-4) mm. Petals yellow, standard and keel often suffused with violet; standard ovate, 20-21 × 8-9 mm, apex retuse to emarginate; wings 16-17 mm; keel 12-13 mm. Legumes somewhat curved, acuminate, 10-13 mm, 3.5-4 mm high and ca. 3 mm wide; valves densely covered with appressed white hairs 0.3-0.8 mm, sometimes partly glabrescent with age.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.08 - 0.15
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses forage medicinal
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Therapeutic use Tumor (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Astragalus scaberrimus world distribution map, present in China, Liberia, Mongolia, and Russian Federation

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:479680-1
WFO ID wfo-0000198574
COL ID J2CD
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Synonyms

Astragalus scaberrimus Astragalus giraldianus Astragalus harmsii Tragacantha scaberrima