Dr. Abdulaziz M. Assaeed

Astragalus spinosus

Species

Fabaceae

Family

Kitad

Vernacular Name

Perennial shrublet

Life Form

Ascending branched spiny shrublet, about 20-70 cm high. Apical leaves 3-5 cm long with 4-5 pairs of small leaflets soon dropping leaving the rachises to become spines. Leaves on old wood are much smaller. Flowers usually solitary in the axils about 20 mm. pods enclosed in the calyx about 8 mm long

Description

Rocky or silty grounds, wadi runnels

Habitat

Grazing Importance

None

Other Uses

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