Caragana tangutica Kom.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Caragana

Characteristics

Shrubs to 4 m tall. Bark exfoliating in sheets. Old branches greenish brown. Leaves pinnate, (4 or)6-foliolate; petiole and rachis 1.5-4 cm, persistent; leaflet blades oblanceolate to ob­long-ovate, 8-15 × 3-8 mm, with apical pair often largest, abaxial surface and margin villous, apex acute. Flowers solitary. Pedicel 0.8-1.5 cm, articulate basally. Calyx tube campanulate-tubular, 0.8-1.3 cm. Corolla yellow, 2.3-2.7 cm; standard obo­vate, apex emarginate; wings with claw slightly shorter than limb, auricle linear and 1/2-3/4 as long as claw; keel with claw ca. 3/4 as long as limb. Ovary densely pubescent. Legume line­ar, 3-4 cm, outside appressed pubescent, inside glabrous. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Sep. 2n = 16*.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.25 - 4.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Caragana tangutica world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0000186079
COL ID R22H
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Caragana tangutica