Astragalus xitaibaicus (K.T.Fu) Podlech & L.R.Xu

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Astragalus

Characteristics

Plants 12-22 cm tall, totally glabrous with exception of inner side of calyx teeth and legumes. Stems several, up to 4 mm thick. Leaves 4-8 cm; stipules greenish membranous with narrowly hyaline margins, ovate, 12-15 mm; petiole 0.7-2 cm, rachis at base of leaflets mostly with stipel-like entire or fringed linear to narrowly triangular emergences 0.5-2.5 mm and/or with distinctly stalked minute glands; leaflets in 5-7 pairs, ovate to elliptic, 10-18 × 5-9 mm, apex rounded. Racemes 8-11-flowered; peduncle 4-7.5 cm; bracts narrowly ovate, ca. 10 mm. Calyx campanulate, 7.5-9 mm; teeth subulate, 2.5-3 mm, hairy on inner side. Petals yellow; standard obovate, ca. 11 × 5-6 mm; wings ca. 11 mm; keel ca. 10 mm. Stamen tube closed, monadelphous. Legumes with a stipe 5-6 mm, narrowly ellip­soid, ca. 1.5 cm, shortly attenuate at both ends; valves hairy.
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Growth form herb
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Distribution

Astragalus xitaibaicus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60434007-2
WFO ID wfo-0001272820
COL ID J3BL
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Synonyms

Astragalus xitaibaicus Astragalus monodelphus subsp. xitaibaicus