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113. Astragalus nangxianensis P. C. Li & C. C. Ni, Acta Phy­totax. Sin. 18: 368. 1980.

朗县黄耆 lang xian huang qi

Plants ca. 30 cm tall. Stems branched in upper part, striate, sparsely hairy, glabrescent with age. Leaves 5-7 cm; stipules ca. 4 mm, narrowly triangular, free from petiole, ciliate; petiole and rachis sparsely hairy; leaflets in 13 or 14 pairs, narrowly ovate, 13-15 × 2-3 mm, abaxially sparsely appressed hairy to subglabrous, adaxially glabrous, apex obtuse. Racemes many flowered; peduncle longer than leaves, sparsely hairy. Calyx campanulate, ca. 4 mm, covered with white and black hairs; teeth ca. 1 mm. Petals lilac; standard ca. 8 mm, limb orbicular; wings ca. 7 mm; keel ca. 6 mm. Ovary stipitate, sparsely hairy. Legumes ovoid, ca. 5 mm, ca. 2 mm high, sparsely hairy, in­completely 2-locular.

● Xizang (Nangxian).


 

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