Caragana chinghaiensis Y.X.Liou

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Caragana

Characteristics

Shrubs 20-100 cm tall. Branches greenish brown to dark brown. Leaves digitate, 4-foliolate; petiole 5-7 mm, persistent; leaflet blades narrowly oblanceolate, 5-13 × 0.5-3 mm, gla­brous, base cuneate, apex acute to slightly acuminate. Flowers solitary. Pedicel 4-5 mm, articulate basally. Calyx tube cam­panulate, 5-6 × ca. 4 mm. Corolla yellow, ca. 1.3 cm or 1.6-2 cm; standard broadly obovate, claw short, apex emarginate; wings oblong, claw slightly shorter than 1/2 of limb, auricle linear and nearly as long as claw; keel with claw slightly longer than 1/2 of limb, auricle inconspicuous. Ovary glabrous. Leg­ume cylindric, 3-4 cm, glabrous. Fl. May, fr. Sep.
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Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.35 - 1.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Caragana chinghaiensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:903832-1
WFO ID wfo-0000198240
COL ID QZXC
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Synonyms

Caragana chinghaiensis Caragana chinghaiensis var. chinghaiensis Caragana chinghaiensis var. minima