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Pakistan | Family List | Papilionaceae | Astragalus

Astragalus frigidus (L.) A. Gray in Proc.Amer.Acad.Sc. 6:219. 1864. Baker in Hook.f.,Fl.Brit.Ind.2:130.1876; Ali in Biologia 7:38.1961.

  • Phaca alpina Linn.
  • Phaca frigida Linn.

    Erect, c. 30-60 cm tall, glabrous. Leaf imparipinnately compound, c. 10-15 cm long; leaflets 9-15, 2-4 cm long, oblong, glabrescent above, sparsely pubescent below; stipules c. 1.2-2.4 cm long, free. Inflorescence an axillary pedunculate raceme. Pedicel c. 2-4.5 mm long, black pubescent. Calyx c. 9-10 mm long, appressly black pubescent, teeth c. 1 mm or less long. Corolla bright yellow. Vexillum c. 18-20 mm long, longer than wings and keel, glabrous. Fruit c. 2.5-2.6 cm long, pubescent, unilocular, c. 6-8-seeded, stiped.

    Fl.Per.: July-September

    Type: Presently untraceable.

    Distribution: Pakistan (N.W.F. Province, Kashmir); China: India; Russia; Balkan Peninsula; Asia Minor; Europe, U.S.A.

    Accepted here in a broader sense.


     

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