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Pakistan | Family List | Papilionaceae | Astragalus

Astragalus jabbor-khailii Kitamura in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 16: 138. 1958. Fl.Afgh.213.1960; Ali in Sind Univ.Sc.Res.J. 11:5.1967.

Perennial herb, older stems woody, young branches densely pubescent, hairs white, appressed. Leaf imparipinnately compound, c. 16-20 mm long; leaflets 11, c. 2-3.5 mm long, c. 1 mm broad, obovate, entire, apex rotund, pubescent on both sides, hairs white, appressed; stipules c. 1 mm long. Inflorescence a 2-5-flowered axillary pedunculate raceme, c. 1.5-5.0 cm long (including the peduncle). Pedicel c. 1.5-2.0 mm long. Calyx c. 3.7 mm long, densely hirsute, teeth c. 2.2 mm long. Vexillum c. 6.5 mm long. Wing c. 5.8-6 mm long. Keel c. 5.5-5.8 mm long. Fruit c. 5.5-6 mm long, 2.5 mm broad, densely white-hirsute, stipe c. 0.8 mm long.

Fl.Per.: June.

Holotype: Nuristan, Eschtaway (Shitve), 2550 m, Aug. 5,1955, S.Kitamura (KYO).

Distribution: Pakistan (Chitral); Afghanistan.


 

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