Astragalus secretus Podlech & L.R.Xu

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Astragalus

Characteristics

Plants 3.5-6 cm tall, acaulescent, caespitose, only white hairy. Leaves 2.5-3 cm; stipules ca. 4 mm, adnate to petiole for ca. 2 mm, densely covered with ± medifixed, appressed hairs up to 1 mm, at margins with basifixed hairs; petiole 0.8-2 cm, like rachis densely to very densely covered with medifixed, appressed hairs 0.5-0.7 mm; leaflets in 1-3 pairs, obovate, 5-10 × 1.5-4 mm, both surfaces very densely covered with appressed, medifixed hairs 0.8-1.2 mm. Racemes 5-7-flow­ered, with a peduncle 2-3 cm and hairy like rachis; bracts 2-4 mm, at margins with subbasifixed to basifixed hairs, otherwise glabrous. Calyx 7-8 mm, densely covered with symmetrically to strongly asymmetrically bifurcate, appressed hairs 0.8-1 mm; teeth 1-2 mm. Petals yellow; standard obovate, ca. 17 × 8 mm, apex retuse; wings ca. 16 mm; keel ca. 13 mm. Ovary subses­sile, white hairy. Legumes unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Distribution

Astragalus secretus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60447051-2
WFO ID wfo-0001280933
COL ID 687S3
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Synonyms

Astragalus secretus