Fabaceae FAMILY

Ammopiptanthus mongolicus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ammopiptanthus mongolicus is a much-branched, evergreen shrub growing 150 - 200cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is being grown in revegetation projects in northwest China in order to halt and reverse the advance of desertification.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - northern China, southern and central Mongolia

HabitatSand dunes, gravel slopes, terraces beside ravines[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].