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  • COMMON NAME: milkvetch
  • ARABIC: قرن، قرنه
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Astragalus vogelii (Webb) Bornm.
  • SYNONYMS: Phaca vogelii Webb, Podlechiella vogelii.
  • FAMILY: FABACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Sharjah , Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
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://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:480509-1#synonyms https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/fabaceae/astragalus-vogelii-subsp.-vogelii
Annual herb, up to 25 cm across, gray-canescent. Stem branched from the base, prostrate to ascending. Leaves imparipinnate, petiolate, stipulate; leaflets in 2-6 pairs, oblong-elliptic or lanceolate, 2-9 mm long, 1-3 mm broad, acute or obtuse, hairy on both surfaces. Inflorescence with minute, yellow flowers in elongated racemes. Calyx 2-4 mm long, with black and white hairy; teeth shorter than the tube. Standard 3-6 mm long. Pods turgid, membranous, straight, densely pubescent, 6-8 mm long. Flowering from February to April.
Sandy gravel soil.
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