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Caragana frutex (L.) K.Koch

Russian peashrub (en), Acacia jaune (fr), Caraganier buissonnant (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Caragana

Characteristics

Shrubs to 2 m tall. Branches brown, yellowish gray, or dark grayish green. Leaves digitate, 4-foliolate; petiole 2-10 mm and persistent on long branchlets, caducous on short branchlets; leaflet blades obovate-oblanceolate, 6-10 × 3-5 mm, glabrous or sparsely pilose, apex rounded to emarginate. Flowers solitary or 2 in a fascicle. Pedicel 0.9-2.1 cm, articu­late apically. Calyx tube tubular-campanulate, 6-8 mm. Co­rolla yellow, 2-2.2 cm; standard suborbicular, ca. 1.6 cm wide, claw ca. 5 mm; wing with claw ca. 1/2 as long as limb, auricle 1/4-1/3 as long as claw, apex emarginate; keel ca. 2.2 cm, claw shorter than limb, auricle inconspicuous. Ovary gla­brous. Legume cylindric, 2-3 cm. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul. 2n = 32.
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A shrub. It grows 2 m tall. The leaves have 4 leaflets. They are 6-10 mm long by 3-5 mm wide. The pods are cylinder shaped and 2-3 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.2 - 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Shrub thickets among feather-grass steppes and steppelike meadows, dry slopes, riverside terraces, shore cliffs, forest margins, and mixed or pine forests.
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It is a temperate plant. In western China plants grow on dry slopes and woodlands between 1,000-2,500 m above sea level. It grows in hardiness zones 2-8.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-7

Usage

Uses environmental use forage invertebrate food medicinal ornamental wood
Edible pods
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs scarification and soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment scarification soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -30
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Caragana frutex world distribution map, present in Bulgaria, Belarus, Canada, China, Ecuador, Estonia, France, Kazakhstan, Moldova (Republic of), Mongolia, Romania, Russian Federation, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:483831-1
WFO ID wfo-0000213640
COL ID QZY2
BDTFX ID 75017
INPN ID 87883
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Robinia frutex Caragana digitata Caragana parvifolia Robinia frutescens Robinia tomentosa Caragana frutescens Caragana quadrifolia Caragana sylvatica Caragana frutex Caragana cuneata Aspalathus cuneatus Caragana frutex var. frutex Caragana frutescens var. mollis Caragana frutescens var. pendula

Lower taxons

Caragana frutex subsp. mollis Caragana frutex subsp. frutex Caragana frutex var. grandiflora Caragana frutex var. grandiflora Caragana frutex var. lasiocarpa Caragana frutex var. latifolia Caragana frutex var. macrantha Caragana frutex var. subalata Caragana frutex var. xerophytica
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