昌都锦鸡儿 chang du jin ji er

Shrubs to 2 m tall. Old branches yellowish brown to grayish brown. Leaves pinnate, 10-14-foliolate; petiole and rachis tender, 2-3(-6.5) cm, persistent; leaflet blades ovate-ob­long to oblong, 5-7 × ca. 2.5 mm, all equal in size, both sur­faces pubescent, apex acute. Flowers solitary. Pedicel 2-3 mm, articulate basally. Calyx reddish brown; tube tubular, 7-10 mm. Corolla yellow, 2.2-2.3 cm; standard obovate, apex ± rounded; wings with claw longer than 1/2 to slightly shorter than limb, auricle ca. 1 mm; keel with claw longer than limb, auricle in­conspicuous. Ovary densely pubescent. Legume lanceolate, ca. 2.5 cm, outside pubescent, inside glabrous. Fl. Jun, fr. Jul-Aug.

● Slopes in scrub, riverbanks; 3100-4300 m. S Qinghai, NW Si­chuan, Xizang.

Y. Z. Zhao (Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Intramongol. 24: 648. 1993) and Y. H. Wu (Fl. Qinghai. 2: 182. 1999) considered this species to be synonymous with Caragana gerardiana because the inner side of the fruits of this taxon, with or without trichomes, overlaps with those of C. gerardiana. This needs further study.