Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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COMMON NAME:
Siberian Pea Shrub
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_caar18_002_lhd
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Jamie Nielsen, University of Alaska Fairbanks Extension Service, Bugwood.org bug_1196006
Month Unknown
Leaves pinnate, 8-16-foliolate; leaflet blades oblong-obovate to elliptic, per Flora of China.
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Richard Webb, Self-employed horticulurist, Bugwood.org bug_1480085
Month Unknown
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B. Hammeraas, Bioforsk-Norwegian Institute for A&E Research, Bugwood.org bug_5392742
Month Unknown
Corolla yellow, 1.6-2cm; standard rhombic to broadly ovate, per Flora of China.
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Robert Vidéki, Doronicum Kft., Bugwood.org bug_5396117
Month Unknown
Legume 3.5-6cm, glabrous, per Flora of China.
2496
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Non-native: northeast Asia
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems of juvenile plants usually armed with paired stipular or nodal spines
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Even-pinnately compound: 8-12 leaflets
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed broadly campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Flowers in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer
Yellow-green/Brown
Legume
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