畸形黄耆(原亚种) ji xing huang qi (yuan ya zhong)

Astragalus anomalus Bunge; A. badrinathensis M. P. Sharma; A. malacophyllus Bunge.

Plants mostly acaulescent but sometimes with ± long stems. Leaflets in (12-)15-20(-28) pairs, mostly densely hairy. Inflorescence mostly only white hairy. Legumes 5-7 mm high and wide, at both ends shortly narrowed, rounded or slightly grooved dorsally, with a beak 3-5 mm.

Subalpine to alpine meadows and stony slopes; 1800-5000 m. Xinjiang [Afghanistan, India, Kashmir, Pakistan].