Astragalus sesamoides Boiss.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Astragalus

Characteristics

Plants with white hairs, near stipules and in inflorescence also black hairy. Stems 7-35 cm, ascending, sparsely covered with appressed hairs 0.3-1 mm. Leaves 2.5-5.5 cm; stipules whitish to greenish, 3-4 mm, ciliate or sparsely hairy; petiole 0.3-1 cm, like rachis slender, subappressed hairy; leaflets in 4-6 pairs, narrowly oblong to narrowly elliptic, 4-15 × 2-5.5 mm, abaxially somewhat densely appressed hairy, adaxially glabrous or sparsely appressed hairy, apex obtuse. Racemes 2-9-flow­ered; peduncle 2-6 cm, with subappressed to ascending hairs; bracts membranous, 2-3 mm, ciliate. Calyx campanulate, 5.5-7 mm, covered at base with white and black hairs up to 1 mm, toward teeth with more black and somewhat longer and more spreading hairs; teeth subulate, 3-4 mm. Petals violet; standard 5.5-7 × 2-2.5 mm, apex slightly retuse; wings 4.5-5.5 mm; keel 4-4.5 mm. Legumes erect, straight, narrowly oblong with rounded base, 1.2-1.5 cm, 3-4 mm high and wide, with a re­flexed beak 1-1.5 mm; valves covered with subappressed to ascending white hairs up to 1.3 mm.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.2
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses forage
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Distribution

Astragalus sesamoides world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:522559-1
WFO ID wfo-0000189960
COL ID J2G3
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Synonyms

Astragalus sesamoides Tragacantha sesamodes Astragalus stella var. longistipulatus