Astragalus zhouquinus K.T.Fu

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Astragalus

Characteristics

Plants perennial, caespitose. Stems several, prostrate to ascending, 10-18 cm, covered with short, spreading, white hairs. Leaves 1.5-3 cm, subsessile; stipules ca. 2 mm, free, white hairy; rachis covered with appressed white hairs; leaflets in 5-9 pairs, elliptic, 2-3 × 1.5-2.5 mm, abaxially somewhat densely hairy, adaxially sparsely hairy, apex rounded to slightly emarginate. Racemes subumbellate, 4-8-flowered; peduncle ca. 1.5 cm, sparsely appressed hairy, after anthesis elongating; bracts ca. 1 mm, hairy. Calyx ca. 3 mm, sparsely appressed white hairy; teeth ca. 1.2 mm. Petals purple; standard widely obovate, up to 7 × 5 mm, apex emarginate; wings ca. 6.5 mm; keel ca. 7 mm. Legumes with a stipe ca. 2 mm, 11-12 mm, ca. 2 mm high; valves covered with appressed white hairs.
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Growth form herb
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Distribution

Astragalus zhouquinus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:960021-1
WFO ID wfo-0001240895
COL ID J3DG
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Synonyms

Astragalus zhouquinus