Annual herb ; up to 45 cm tall . Stems woody at the base , erect to ascending , spreading , white pilose ; hairs basifixed . Leaves stipulate , imparipinnate with 4-6 pairs of leaflets ; leaflets 3-8 x 2-3 mm , obovate to elliptic , pilose . Inflorescences borne in axillary racemes . Flowers pale yellow to lilac , ± 5 mm ; calyx 4-5 mm , teeth ± 3 mm , acute , membranous , pilose . Fruit pod , sessile , 12-15 x 2 . 5-3 mm , curved , white-pilose , ± 20-seeded , dehiscent . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Astragalus arabicus Kotschy
Astragalus chudaei Batt. & Trab.
Astragalus eremophilus var. astacurus Maire
Astragalus eremophilus var. falcinellus (Boiss.) Širj.
Astragalus falcinellus Boiss.
Astragalus geniorum Maire
Tragacantha falcinella (Boiss.) Kuntze
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Desert Milk-vetch
Not known used traditionally. However, Ghazanfar (2007) wrote that: "Grazed by goats and camels". (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.2).
*POWO (2022). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org *Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. https://www.planetcatfish.com
