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Caragana is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plant
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
s in the family Fabaceae
Fabaceae

Fabaceae or Leguminosae is a large and economically important family of flowering plants, which is commonly known as the legume family, pea family, bean family or pulse family....
, native to Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
 and eastern Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
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They are shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s or small tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s growing 1-6 m (3-20 ft) tall. They have even-pinnate leaves
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
 with small leaflets, and solitary or clustered mostly yellow (rarely white or pink) flowers and bearing seeds in a linear pod.

Caragana species are used as food plants by the larva
Larva

A larva is a young form of animal with indirect developmental biology, going through or undergoing metamorphosis .The larva can look completely different from the adult form, for example, a caterpillar differs from a butterfly....
e of some Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insect that includes moths and butterfly. It is one of the most speciose orders in the class Insecta, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterfly, skipper , and Hedylidae....
 species including Dark Dagger
Dark Dagger

The Dark Dagger is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe.This species has grey forewings marked with bold black "daggers"....
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Selected species






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Caragana is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plant
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
s in the family Fabaceae
Fabaceae

Fabaceae or Leguminosae is a large and economically important family of flowering plants, which is commonly known as the legume family, pea family, bean family or pulse family....
, native to Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
 and eastern Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
.

They are shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s or small tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s growing 1-6 m (3-20 ft) tall. They have even-pinnate leaves
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
 with small leaflets, and solitary or clustered mostly yellow (rarely white or pink) flowers and bearing seeds in a linear pod.

Caragana species are used as food plants by the larva
Larva

A larva is a young form of animal with indirect developmental biology, going through or undergoing metamorphosis .The larva can look completely different from the adult form, for example, a caterpillar differs from a butterfly....
e of some Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insect that includes moths and butterfly. It is one of the most speciose orders in the class Insecta, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterfly, skipper , and Hedylidae....
 species including Dark Dagger
Dark Dagger

The Dark Dagger is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe.This species has grey forewings marked with bold black "daggers"....
.

Selected species
  • Caragana ambigua Stocks
  • Caragana arborescens
    Caragana arborescens

    Caragana arborescens, or Caragana or Siberian peashrub, is a species of Faboideae. It is a shrub growing to heights of 12 feet or more....
     Lam.
  • Caragana aurantiaca Koehne
  • Caragana boisii C.K.Schneid.
  • Caragana brachyantha Rech.f.
  • Caragana brevifolia Kom.
  • Caragana brevispina Royle ex Benth.
  • Caragana bungei Ledeb.
  • Caragana camilli-schneideri Kom.
  • Caragana conferta Benth.
  • Caragana davazamcii Sancz.
  • Caragana decorticans Hemsl.
  • Caragana densa Kom.
  • Caragana erinacea Kom.
  • Caragana franchetiana Kom.
  • Caragana frutex (L.) K.Koch
  • Caragana gerardiana Royle ex Benth.
  • Caragana grandiflora DC.
  • Caragana jubata (Pall.) Poir.
  • Caragana korshinskii Kom.
  • Caragana leucophloea Pojark.
  • Caragana leveillei Kom.
  • Caragana manshurica (Kom.) Kom.
  • Caragana microphylla Lam.
  • Caragana pleiophylla (Regel) Pojark.
  • Caragana polourensis Franch.
  • Caragana pruinosa Kom.
  • Caragana pygmaea (L.) DC.
  • Caragana roborovskyi Kom.
  • Caragana rosea Turcz. ex Kom.
  • Caragana sinica (Buc'hoz) Rehder
  • Caragana sophoraelia Tausch
  • Caragana spinosa (L.) Vahl ex Hornem.
  • Caragana stenophylla Pojark.
  • Caragana tangutica Maxim. ex Kom.
  • Caragana tibetica Maxim. ex Kom.
  • Caragana tragacanthoides (Pall.) Poir.
  • Caragana turkestanica Kom.
  • Caragana ulicina Stocks
  • Caragana versicolor Benth.


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