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Pakistan | Family List | Papilionaceae | Astragalus

Astragalus infestus Boiss., Diagn.Pl.Or.Nov.ser. 1 (9):95. 1849. Fl.Or. 2:305.1872; Deml in Boissiera 21:108.1972.

Woody perennial, young branches pubescent. Leaf paripinnately compound, petiole c. 7-10 mm long, pubescent, rachis c. 2.3-3.5 mm long, pubescent, spiny, persistent; leaflets c. 10-14, opposite to subopposite, c. 5-10 mm long, c. 2-4.0 mm broad, elliptic, entire, acute, minutely pubescent to subglabrous. In-florescence a 2-3-flowered raceme; peduncle c. 2 mm, pubescent; bracts c. 4 mm long, pubescent; pedicel c. 1.5-2.0 mm long, pubescent. Calyx c. 11-12 mm long, pubescent, teeth c. 5-5.5 mm long. Vexillum c. 14-16 mm long, glabrous. Fruit c. 11-12 mm long, c. 6-7 mm broad, pilose, partly bilocular.

Fl.Per.: July.

Type: Afghanistan, Griffith 1059 (K).

Distribution: Afghanistan; Pakistan (N.W.F. Province).


 

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