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Astragalus exscapus (Stengelloser Tragant)

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Infraspecies

Astragalus exscapus exscapus
Astragalus exscapus pubiflorus
Astragalus exscapus transsilvanicus

Attributes

Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  Many members of this genus contain toxic glycosides; All species with edible seedpods can be distinguished by their fleshy round or oval seedpod that looks somewhat like a greengage; A number of species can also accumulate toxic levels of selenium when grown in soils that are relatively rich in that element;
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Bees, Lepidoptera
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [1]  A gum called morea tragacanth is obtained from the stem (see above). It has a wide range of uses including:- a thickening agent in preparing dyes for calico printing, textile dyes and for dressing fabrics, it is also a thickener in making glues, water colours, ink (where it supplies a gloss), it is a binding agent in paper making, a culture medium in laboratories etc;
Height [1]  12 inches (0.3 m)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [2]  Strong Base
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Soil Moisture [2]  Mostly Dry
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Biotopo Vegetazione Steppica Sonnenberg 504 Italy  
Kyffhäuser - Badraer Schweiz - Solwiesen 8357 Germany  
Trockenrasen-Komplex nordöstlich Herrnschwende 521 Germany  
Zempléni-hegység a Szerencsi-dombsággal és a Hernád-völggyel 284651 Hungary  

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0