奇异膨果豆 qi yi peng guo dou

Astragalus prodigiosus K. T. Fu, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 2(1): 121. 1982; A. milingensis C. C. Ni & P. C. Li var. pauci­jugus (K. T. Fu) K. T. Fu; A. milingensis var. prodigiosus (K. T. Fu) K. T. Fu; A. prodigiosus var. paucijugus K. T. Fu.

Plants 5-10 cm tall, covered with appressed to subap­pressed, short, white hairs. Stems several, prostrate to ascending or erect, 2-10 cm, loosely to densely covered with hairs 0.05-0.2 mm. Leaves 2-3.5 cm, subsessile; stipules 1.5-3 mm, sparsely hairy; rachis hairy like stem; leaflets in 3-9 pairs, 3-11 × 1-2 mm, abaxially loosely covered with appressed hairs 0.3-0.5 mm, adaxially glabrous or with a few hairs only, especially toward margins. Racemes 1-1.5 cm, 3-5-flowered; peduncle 1-3 cm, rather densely hairy like stem; bracts ca. 1 mm, hairy. Calyx 4-5.5 mm, loosely covered with appressed white hairs 0.2-0.4 mm; teeth 2-2.5 mm. Petals violet; standard trans­versely ovate, 8-10 × 9-12 mm; wings 7-9 mm; keel 7-9 mm. Legumes shortly stipitate, ca. 12 mm, ca. 3 mm high and ca. 5 mm wide, with a slender, slightly curved beak ca. 4 mm, 1-loc­ular, loosely covered with appressed white hairs 0.2-0.3 mm.

● 3300-3800 m. Sichuan, Xizang.