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  • COMMON NAME: milkvetch
  • ARABIC: كداد، أبو فروه
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Astragalus squarrosus Bunge
  • SYNONYMS: A. macrobotrys
  • FAMILY: FABACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Umm-Al-Quwain
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://www.plantarium.ru/page/image/id/109570.html
Perennial undershrub, appressly pubescent. Stem erect, 20-60 cm high. Leaves imparipinnate, petiolate; leaflets 3-5, oblong, elliptic, entire, acute, appressed, hairy on both sides, 5-25 mm long, 2-4 mm broad, stipules membranous, amplexicaul, rachis often becomes spiny. Inflorescence an axillary or terminal, peduncle 2-6 cm long. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 6-8 mm long, pubescent, teeth shorter than tube. Corolla pink; standard 10-12 mm long. Pod 5-9 mm long, turgid, densely covered with white spreading hairs. Flowering from April to June.
Sandy gravelly soil.