Caragana turkestanica Kom.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Caragana

Characteristics

Shrubs to 2 m tall. Branches gray to grayish green. Leaves pinnate, 6-10-foliolate; petiole and rachis 3-6 cm, caducous or rarely persistent; leaflet blades broadly obovate to elliptic, 1-2 × 0.5-1 cm, glabrous or appressed pilose, apex rounded to trun­cate. Flowers solitary. Pedicel 2-5 cm, articulate apically from middle. Calyx tube campanulate, 6-8 mm. Corolla yellow; standard broadly ovate, 2.4-2.7 cm, base narrow to shortly clawed; wings 2.7-3 cm, claw ca. 2/5 as long as limb, auricle narrow and ca. 1/3 as long as claw; keel with claw ca. 2/3 as long as limb, auricle short and obtuse. Ovary glabrous. Legume cylin­dric, 3-5 cm, glabrous. Fl. May, fr. Jul. 2n = 16.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Blooming months
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
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Animal toxicity -

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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Images

Caragana turkestanica unspecified picture

Distribution

Caragana turkestanica world distribution map, present in China, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:483916-1
WFO ID wfo-0000186609
COL ID R22Q
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Caragana turkesstanica Caragana turkestanica

Lower taxons

Caragana turkestanica var. indurescens Caragana turkestanica var. turkestanica