Caragana spinosa (L.) Vahl ex Hornem.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Caragana

Characteristics

Shrubs to 50 cm tall. Old branches yellowish brown; branchlets reddish brown, pubescent when young. Leaves clus­tered, pinnate and 6-foliolate on long branchlets, digitate and 4-foliolate on short branchlets; petiole 2-3 mm or absent; rachis 1-5 cm and persistent on long branchlets; leaflet blades nar­rowly oblanceolate to linear, 1.5-2(-3) cm × 2-4 mm, appressed pubescent. Flowers solitary or 2 in a fascicle. Pedicel 2-4 mm, articulate basally. Calyx tube tubular, 7-10 mm. Corolla yellow, 2-2.2 cm; standard obovate, claw 3-4 mm, apex obtuse; wings with claw ± as long as limb, scarcely auricled; keel claw ± as long as limb, auricle absent, apex acute. Ovary glabrous. Leg­ume 2-2.5 cm × 3-4 mm, glabrous. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Sep. 2n = 32.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
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Usage

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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 spinosa world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:941350-1
WFO ID wfo-0001061289
COL ID -
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Caragana spinosa Caragana spinosa var. foliosa