Caragana Lam.

Peashrub (en), Caraganier (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae

Characteristics

Shrubs or very rarely small trees. Stipules small, caducous or persistent and spinelike. Leaves paripinnate with rachis often extending beyond last leaflet pair or rachis reduced and leaves apparently digitate, 4-20-foliolate; petiole and rachis persistent or caducous, when persistent often becoming woody and spinelike; leaflet blades with margin entire, apex often cuspidate. Flowers axillary, usually solitary but sometimes 2-5 in a fascicle. Pedicel articulate; bracteoles absent or 1 to many. Calyx tubular or cam­panulate; teeth 5, adaxial 2 usually smaller, base saccate or not. Corolla yellow, rarely purple, pinkish, or white; standard sometimes pale yellow or orangish red; wings and keel often auriculate. Stamens diadelphous (9+1). Ovary subsessile, rarely with a distinct carpopodium; ovules many. Legume cylindric or compressed, sessile or rarely stipitate.
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Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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

Caragana unspecified picture

Distribution

Caragana world distribution map, present in China and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21935-1
WFO ID wfo-4000006638
COL ID 3H9D
BDTFX ID 86084
INPN ID 190330
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Halimodendron Caragana Berberis caraganifolia

Lower taxons

Caragana scythica Caragana jubata Caragana microphylla Caragana tibetica Caragana leucospina Caragana przewalskii Caragana bongardiana Caragana changduensis Caragana soongorica Caragana stipitata Caragana manshurica Caragana chinghaiensis Caragana turfanensis Caragana alaica Caragana alaschanica Caragana balchaschensis Caragana grandiflora Caragana leucophloea Caragana rosea Caragana stenophylla Caragana zahlbruckneri Caragana tragacanthoides Caragana opulens Caragana spinosa Caragana pygmaea Caragana pleiophylla Caragana dasyphylla Caragana pruinosa Caragana litwinowii Caragana potaninii Caragana versicolar Caragana brachypoda Caragana leveillei Caragana camilli-schneideri Caragana polourensis Caragana brevifolia Caragana densa Caragana beefensis Caragana campanulata Caragana crassipina Caragana pygmaea Caragana bungei Caragana buriatica Caragana cinerea Caragana korshinskii Caragana decorticans Caragana hopeiensis Caragana junatovii Caragana media Caragana acanthophylla Caragana conferta Caragana frutex Caragana tangutica Caragana sinica (buc'hoz) Caragana ambigua Caragana franchetiana Caragana afghanica Caragana aurantiaca Caragana maimanensis Caragana ulicina Caragana alpina Caragana pekinensis Caragana kozlowi Caragana cuneato-alata Caragana roborovskyi Caragana purdomii Caragana shensiensis Caragana liouana Caragana brevicalyx Caragana aegacanthoides Caragana halodendron Caragana leiocalycina Caragana tangutica Caragana spinosa Caragana zahlbruckneri Caragana qingheensis Caragana aliensis Caragana tekesiensis Caragana koreana Caragana shuidingensis Caragana prestoniae Caragana erinacea Caragana turkestanica Caragana gerrardiana Caragana ordosica Caragana oreophila Caragana reticulata Caragana sajaensis Caragana zaissanica Caragana ussuriensis Caragana pumila Caragana kirghisorum Caragana laeta Caragana brevispina Caragana gerardiana Caragana limprichtii Caragana polyacantha Caragana sukiensis Caragana spinifera Caragana arcuata Caragana bicolor Caragana arborescens