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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Caragana arborescens   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Caragana arborescens   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Caragana arborescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Caragana arborescens

 

COMMON NAME:
Siberian Pea Shrub, Siberian Pea Tree


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image of Caragana arborescens, Siberian Pea Shrub, Siberian Pea Tree

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_caar18_002_lhd

        

image of Caragana arborescens, Siberian Pea Shrub, Siberian Pea Tree

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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image of Caragana arborescens, Siberian Pea Shrub, Siberian Pea Tree

Richard Webb, Self-employed horticulurist, Bugwood.org    bug_1480085

Month Unknown        

image of Caragana arborescens, Siberian Pea Shrub, Siberian Pea Tree

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.

image of Caragana arborescens, Siberian Pea Shrub, Siberian Pea Tree

Robert Vidéki, Doronicum Kft., Bugwood.org    bug_5396117

Month Unknown        

Legume 3.5-6cm, glabrous, per Flora of China.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Caragana arborescens   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Caragana arborescens   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Caragana arborescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Caragana arborescens

 

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2496

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Suburban woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: northeast Asia

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Invasive?

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/Summer
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed broadly campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer?
Yellow-green/Brown
Legume

 

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