Caragana leucospina Kom.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Caragana

Characteristics

Shrubs to 1 m tall. Bark yellowish gray. Leaves pinnate, 6-8-foliolate; petiole and rachis ca. 3 cm, persistent, glaucous, glabrous or white pubescent; leaflet blades narrowly elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, (5-)10-16(-17) × 2-4.5(-5) mm, densely pubescent, apex rounded. Flowers solitary. Pedicel 4-6 mm, articulate basally. Calyx tube broadly tubular, ca. 1.3 cm. Co­rolla yellow, 2.5-3 cm; standard obovate, claw narrow; wings oblong, auricle shortly linear; keel base nearly truncate. Ovary densely pubescent. Legume 2-2.5 cm, outside pubescent, inside with trichomes. Fl. Jun, fr. Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment soaking
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Caragana leucospina world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:483852-1
WFO ID wfo-0000198193
COL ID QZYT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Caragana leucospina Caragana laetevirens