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Caragana gerardiana Benth.

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs to 1 m tall. Old branches yellowish brown to gray; branchlets reddish brown, villous. Leaves pinnate, (4 or)6-or 8(or 10)-foliolate; petiole and rachis 1.5-3.5 cm, persistent, densely tomentose; leaflet blades elliptic to obovate, 5-10 × 2-5 mm, both surfaces tomentose, base cuneate, apex rounded to obtuse. Flowers solitary or sometimes 2 in a fascicle. Pedicel 2-4 mm, articulate basally. Calyx tube tubular, 1-1.3 cm. Corolla yellow, 2.3-2.5 cm; standard broadly obovate, claw ca. 1/3 as long as limb, apex emarginate to rounded; wings with claw slightly shorter than limb, auricle shortly dentiform; keel with a claw shorter than limb, auricle orbicular. Ovary tomentose. Legume lanceolate to narrowly ovoid, 1.5-2 cm, turgid, outside and inside tomentose. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug. 2n = 16, 18.
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A spiny shrub with dense branches. It grows 80-120 cm tall and forms a flat topped tight clump. The spines of the stem are 1-4 vm long. The leaves are divided. There are 6-12 pairs of leaflets and these are oblong to sword shaped. They are hairy. The flowers occur singly and are yellow and without stalks. They occur along the stem. The fruit are pods with dense grey hairs.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

On slopes in scrub; at elevations from 3,700-4,200 metres.
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It is a temperate plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

Flowers are eaten raw.
Uses wood
Edible flowers
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°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Caragana gerardiana world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:483833-1
WFO ID wfo-0000186890
COL ID QZY5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Caragana spinosissima Astragalus gerardianus Astragalus spinosissimus Caragana gerardiana
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