Astragalus vulpinus Willd.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Astragalus

Characteristics

Plants 30-40 cm tall. Stem 4-6 mm thick, glabrous or sparsely spreading hairy. Leaves 10-25 cm; stipules 10-20 mm, ciliate; petiole 2-3 cm, like rachis loosely ± spreading hairy; leaflets in 12-17 pairs, widely ovate to elliptic, 8-25 × 5-20 mm, abaxially sparsely or rarely to densely appressed hairy, adaxially glabrous, apex rounded to retuse. Racemes subsessile or with a peduncle up to 2 cm, ovoid, 4-6 × 3-5 cm; bracts 10-20 mm, hairy. Calyx 15-23 mm, slightly inflated, spreading hairy; teeth 8-11 mm. Petals yellow, glabrous; standard elliptic, 20-28 × 9-11 mm, apex emarginate; wings 18-26 mm; keel 17-25 mm. Legumes ovoid, ca. 10 mm, ca. 6 mm high; valves slightly wrinkled, sparsely hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.4
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Light -
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Soil texture 1-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination temperacture (C°) 20
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Images

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Distribution

Astragalus vulpinus world distribution map, present in China, Kazakhstan, and Russian Federation

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:480517-1
WFO ID wfo-0000213635
COL ID J395
BDTFX ID 8022
INPN ID 84789
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Synonyms

Astragalus alopecuroides Astragalus lagocephalus Astragalus vulpinus Tragacantha lagocephala Alopecias vulpinus Astragaloides alopecurus