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Botanical name: Astragalus grahamianus Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Astragalus cicerifolius, Astragalus daltonianus, Astragalus scariosus
Synonyms: Astragalus cicerifolius, Astragalus daltonianus, Astragalus scariosus
Chickpea-Leaf Milk-Vetch is a low spiny shrub very
similar to
Candolle's Milk-Vetch but with
more spreading branches up to 60 cm long. It is named for Edward
Graham, who collected specimens in the 1930s, near the Green River in
Utah (USA). Leaves are pinnate with 8-14 ovate blunt leaflets with
fine-pointed tips, 3.5-7.5 mm long. Flowers are yellow, 2-3 cm long.
Flower-stalks are 7.0-8.0 mm long. Calyx is sparsely hairy, with linear
lobes. Vexillum is about 2.5-3.2 cm long, panduriform, longer than the
wing. Pods are 1.5-1.8 cm long, with silky prostrate hairs, about
18-seeded. Chickpea-Leaf Milk-Vetch is found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan
to Uttarakhand, at altitudes of 1500-3300 m. It is common in Kashmir and
Lahaul. Flowering: May-August.
| Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess | Photographed in Kashmir & Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh. |
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