Uraria lacei Craib

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Uraria

Characteristics

Shrubs or herbs, erect, to 2 m tall. Stems stout, with brown spreading long hairs. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate; petiole 3.5-6 cm, densely yellow-brown spreading hirsute; leaflet blades el­liptic or elliptic-lanceolate, terminal one (4.5-)5.5-10(-15) × 2-5.5(-6.5) cm, abaxially densely pilose, adaxially pilose, lateral veins 11-13 on each side of midvein, both ends rounded or ob­tuse, apex mucronate. Panicles terminal, 13-40 cm, densely brown spreading hairy. Pedicel 3-4 mm, elongated to 1 cm at fruiting, yellow-brown pubescent. Calyx 4-5 mm, densely hairy as pedicel; lower lobes ca. 2 × as long as upper ones or more. Corolla purple or purple-brown, 8-9 mm. Ovary hairy, 6-8-ovuled. Legume brown, shortly hairy, 6-8-jointed; articles ca. 2 × 1.8 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Uraria lacei world distribution map, present in China, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:524398-1
WFO ID wfo-0000197735
COL ID 7DP26
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Synonyms

Uraria pulchra Uraria clarkei Uraria paniculata Uraria lacei