Astragalus unijugus Bunge

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Astragalus

Characteristics

Plants (12-)15-23(-32) cm tall, covered with hairs 0.5-0.8 mm. Stems densely hairy. Leaves (3-)4-8 cm; stipules 1.5-4 mm, adnate to petiole for 1-2 mm, loosely to rather densely hairy; petiole 2-4 cm, like rachis sparsely to loosely hairy; leaflets in 1(or 2) pairs and an early falling terminal leaflet, narrowly linear, 10-20 × 1-1.5 mm, sparsely to loosely or rather densely hairy on both surfaces, apex acute. Racemes loosely 1-or 2(-4)-flowered; bracts 1.5-2 mm, hairy. Calyx 6-7 mm, loosely to rather densely hairy; teeth 1-1.5 mm, often recurved. Petals pink; standard elliptic to obovate, 10-12 × ca. 4 mm, apex slightly emarginate; wings 9-10 mm; keel 8-9 mm. Legumes oblong, 6-9 mm, ca. 3 mm high and ca. 2 mm wide, with a beak 0.5-1 mm; valves finally completely glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.23
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Astragalus unijugus world distribution map, present in China and Kazakhstan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:480377-1
WFO ID wfo-0000198627
COL ID 687RB
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Synonyms

Astragalus unijugus Astragalus olygophyllus Tragacantha unijuga