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Pakistan | Family List | Papilionaceae | Astragalus

Astragalus pseudo-beckii Sirjaev & Rechinger fil. in Biol. Skr.Dan. Vid.Selsk. 9 (3):40. 1958. Ali in Kew Bull.28(2):300.1973.

Perennial villous herb. Root woody. Stem pubescent. Leaf imparipinnately compound, c. 2-5 cm long, petiole and rachis pubescent. Leaflets c. 13-25, c. 4-9 mm long, c. 1.5-2.0 mm broad, lanceolate, obovate, subrotund, pubescent on both sides, stipules c. 1.5-5 mm long, connate. Inflorescence a pedunculate compact raceme. Peduncle c. 3-8 cm long, pubescent. Bracts c. 2 mm long, pubescent. Pedicel c. 1 mm long, pubescent. Calyx c. 8-13 mm long, pubescent, upper teeth c. 4 mm, lower c. 5 mm long. Vexillum c. 16-18 mm long, Wing c. 13-14 mm long. Keel c. 11-12 mm long. Ovary appressly white pilose. Young fruits villous, stipe c. 1.5 mm long.

Fl.Per.: May.

Type: Sarghundshar, 8.5.1949, Neubauer 1949/1180 (W).

Distribution: Afghanistan; Pakistan (Baluchistan).


 

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