Astragalus concretus

Astragalus concretus Benth., Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 199 (1835) (syn: Astragalus vicioides Graham ex Baker ; Astragalus xiphocarpus Benth. ex Bunge; Tragacantha vicioides Kuntze ; Tragacantha xiphocarpa (Benth. ex Bunge) Kuntze);
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Himalaya to Tibet and NW. Myanmar: Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO;

Stems up to 1m. leaves 10-20cm, leaflets 17-31, elliptic-oblong 1-3 x 0.5-1.2cm, obtuse or subacute, base rounded or cuneate, sparsely appressed especially geneath; stipules ovate 1-2 x 0.5-1.2cm, membranous, acuminate, connate, straw-ccolored or brownish. Flowers numerous in axillary racemes on peduncles 2-6cm, bracts linear, 3-4mm, caducous. Calyx tube 6-7mm, blackish pubescent teeth very short (1mm). Petals yellow, 1.3-1.5cm, standard obvate 6-7mm broad, wings narrowly oblong, balde 7-8 x 2mm, keel ovate 5-6*3mm. Pods ovoid 2.5-3 x 0.5-0.7cm, glabrous, narrowed at both ends the basal stalk ± as long as calyx.
Fl. July-August
Steep banks in Fir forest.
(Attributions: A.C.J Grierson & D.G Long. Flora of Bhutan. Published by RBGE. 1987 as per Bhutan Biodiversity Portal)
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