Caragana leveillei Kom.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Caragana

Characteristics

Shrubs to 1 m tall. Bark dark brown. Current-year branch­lets grayish brown, densely pubescent. Leaves digitate, 4-folio­late; petiole 4-12 mm, persistent or caducous; leaflet blades obovate, 5-20(-30) × 2-10(-15) mm, densely pubescent, apex rounded, truncate, or emarginate. Flowers solitary. Pedicel 0.8-1.2 cm, articulate basally from middle. Calyx tube ca. 1 cm, base gibbous. Corolla yellow to pinkish, 2.5-2.8 cm; standard obovate-cuneate, claw ca. 5 mm, apex obtuse to emarginate; wings with claw ± as long as limb, auricle small; keel with claw ± as long as limb, auricle small. Ovary densely villous. Legume cylindric, 2-3(-4) cm, densely villous. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jun.
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Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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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 leveillei world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:483853-1
WFO ID wfo-0000198227
COL ID 68ZTJ
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Synonyms

Caragana leveillei Caragana rosea var. leveillei