Astragalus supralaevis Podlech & L.R.Xu

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Astragalus

Characteristics

Plants at least 35 cm tall (basal parts missing), covered with appressed, mostly ± medifixed, white hairs 0.3-0.5 mm. Stems loosely to rather densely hairy. Leaves 10-16 cm; stipules 6-10 mm, very shortly adnate to petiole, only those of lowest leaves shortly connate behind stem, all others free from each other, loosely to rather densely hairy; petiole 2-2.5 cm, hairy like stem; leaflets in 9-12 pairs, narrowly elliptic, 12-22 × 4-9 mm, abaxially sparsely to loosely hairy, adaxially gla­brous, apex obtuse to rounded. Racemes loosely many flow­ered, elongating in fruit up to 8 cm; peduncle 10-11 cm, hairy like stem; bracts 5-10 mm, loosely to rather densely hairy. Calyx ca. 8 mm, densely to rather densely hairy; teeth unequal, 2-3 mm. Petals pink; standard obovate to elliptic, ca. 13 × 5 mm, apex emarginate; wings ca. 12 mm; keel ca. 10 mm. Leg­umes (unripe) sessile, linear, slightly curved, ca. 15 mm, ca. 3 mm high, with a short, straight beak ca. 2 mm; valves loosely hairy, soon glabrescent.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.35
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Distribution

Astragalus supralaevis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60447031-2
WFO ID wfo-0001280915
COL ID J2RY
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Synonyms

Astragalus supralaevis