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62. Caragana chinghaiensis Y. X. Liou, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22: 209. 1984.

青海锦鸡儿 qing hai jin ji er

Shrubs 20-100 cm tall. Branches greenish brown to dark brown. Leaves digitate, 4-foliolate; petiole 5-7 mm, persistent; leaflet blades narrowly oblanceolate, 5-13 × 0.5-3 mm, gla­brous, base cuneate, apex acute to slightly acuminate. Flowers solitary. Pedicel 4-5 mm, articulate basally. Calyx tube cam­panulate, 5-6 × ca. 4 mm. Corolla yellow, ca. 1.3 cm or 1.6-2 cm; standard broadly obovate, claw short, apex emarginate; wings oblong, claw slightly shorter than 1/2 of limb, auricle linear and nearly as long as claw; keel with claw slightly longer than 1/2 of limb, auricle inconspicuous. Ovary glabrous. Leg­ume cylindric, 3-4 cm, glabrous. Fl. May, fr. Sep.

● Terraces, sand dunes, sunny scrub, grasslands; 2600-4100 m. Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan.


1 Shrubs 50-100 cm tall; leaflet blades 6-13 × 2-3 mm; calyx tube ca. 6 × 4 mm; corolla 1.6-2 cm.   62a var. chinghaiensis
+ Shrubs to 20 cm tall; leaflet blades 5-9 × ca. 0.5 mm; calyx tube ca. 5 × 4 mm; corolla ca. 1.3 cm.   62b var. minima

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