Category: Astragalus

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); . 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 […]

Astragalus stipulatus D. Don ex Sims, Bot. Mag. 50: t. 2380 (1822) (syn: Astragalus lanceolatus Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Astragalus stipulatus var. phulchokiensis H.Ohashi; Coronilla stipulata (D.Don ex Sims) Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Glycyphylla stipularis (D.Don ex Sims) Steven; Tragacantha stipulata (D.Don ex Sims) Kuntze); . Central & E. Himalaya to China (Yunnan): China South-Central, East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO; . Stems […]

Astragalus trichocarpus Benth., J.F.Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 199 (1835) (syn: Astragalus sesbanoides Benth.; Tragacantha trichocarpa (Benth.) Kuntze); . Pakistan to W. Himalaya as per POWO; . India (N): Himachal Pradesh; Jammu-Kashmir; Punjab ; Uttar Pradesh; Pakistan (N) as per ILDIS; . Identification required.- Photo collected from kashmir: 3 images. Photo collected from kashmir. Photo collected […]

Astragalus khasianus Benth. ex Bunge, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 11(16): 27 (1868) (syn: Astragalus duclouxii N. D. Simpson; Astragalus duclouxii var. longiflorus C. Chen & Zi G. Xian; Astragalus englerianus Ulbr.; Astragalus englerianus var. gingdongensis Z. G. Qian; Astragalus englerianus var. longiflorus C. Chen & Z. G. Qian; Tragacantha khasiana (Benth. ex Bunge) Kuntze); . China (Sichuan, Yunnan), […]

Astragalus oplites Benth. ex R. Parker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921: 270 1921. (syn: Astragalus cicerifolius Royle ex Bunge; Astragalus microphyllus Jacquem. ex Baker; Astragalus oplites Benth. ex Baker; Astragalus zanskarensis subsp. oplites (Benth. ex Parker) Deml; Tragacantha cicerifolia (Bunge) Kuntze); . China (Xinjiang), Tibet, Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh, Nubra), NW-India (Kunawar) as per Catalogue of Life; . Astragalus sp-??- at Changla pass route – Ladakh– July-PKA-36 : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5) This Astragalus sp. […]

Astragalus graveolens Buch.-Ham. (syn: Astragalus bodinieri H. Lév.; Astragalus medullaris Boiss.; Astragalus rotundifolius Royle ex Benth. (ambiguous synonym); Astragalus scottianus Stocks ex Bunge; Astragalus stipulatus Jacquem. ex Baker (ambiguous synonym); Tragacantha graveolens (Buch.-Ham.) Kuntze); . Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan, Paktia / Khost), Pakistan (Baluchistan, Swat, Chitral, Kagan, Peshawar), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), India (Himachal Pradesh, […]

Astragalus ophiocarpus Boiss. (syn: Astragalus aitchisonii Baker; Astragalus glaberrimus Sirj. & Rech. fil.; Astragalus ophiocarpus var. glaberrimus (Sirj. & Rech. fil.) Parsa; Astragalus ophiocarpus var. plurijugus Sirj.; Astragalus ophiocarpus var. vermicularis (Hausskn. & Bornm.) Sirj.; Astragalus paulsenii Freyn; Astragalus vermicularis Hausskn. & Bornm. ex Bornm. & Gauba; Ophiocarpus aitchisonii (Baker) D. Podl.; Ophiocarpus paulsenii (Freyn) […]

Astragalus sikkimensis Bunge (syn: Astragalus inconspicuus Baker;P haca reptans Benth. ex Bunge; Tragacantha sikkimensis (Bunge) Kuntze);  Bhutan (N) ; India (N) ; Sikkim ; Uttar Pradesh; West Bengal ; Nepal (N) as per ILDIS; Tibet, Bhutan, N-India, Nepal, Sikkim as per Catalogue of Life; Stems prostrate, slender, up to 30cm, appressed pubescent. leaves 3.5-6cm. leaflets […]

Astragalus himalayanus ?; Fwd: Astragalus ??himalayanus : 1 post by 1 author. I have 5 images taken by Krishan Lal, clearly of two separate plants – no locations provided (though would have been somewhere in H.P.) both identified as A.himalayanus -presumably by an expert in the genus. However, to my eye they clearly belong to separate […]

Astragalus strictus Grah. ex Benth. (syn: Astragalus ladakensis Balakr.; Astragalus strictus f. albiflorus Y.H.Wu; Astragalus strictus var. emarginatus Y.H.Wu; Tragacantha stricta (Benth.) Kuntze); . China (Qinghai, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Sichuan), Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Pakistani Kashmir (Baltistan, Hunza), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir, Ladakh, Rupshu), N-India (Sylhet, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh) as per Catalogue of Life; . […]

Astragalus nivalis Kar. & Kir. (syn: Astragalus nathaliae V.V. Meffert; Astragalus orthanthoides Boriss.; Astragalus orthanthus Freyn; Astragalus thomsonianus Benth. ex Bunge; Tragacantha nivalis (Kar. & Kir.) Kuntze); Kazakhstan (Alma Ata, Chimkent, Dzhambul, Semipalatinsk), Tajikistan (Dushanbe), Kyrgyzstan, China (Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang), W-Tibet, NE-Afghanistan, Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh, Zanskar), India (Himachal Pradesh) as per Catalogue of Life; Common […]

Astragalus multiceps Benth. (syn: Astragalus bicuspis Fisch.; Astragalus jacquemontii Bunge; Astragalus leptocentrus Bunge; Tragacantha bicuspis (Fisch.) Kuntze; Tragacantha multiceps (Benth.) Kuntze); . India (N) ; Himachal Pradesh ; Jammu-Kashmir ; Punjab ; Uttar Pradesh ; Nepal (N) ; Pakistan (N) as per ILDIS; . Tibet, India (Simla, Himachal Pradesh, Indian Punjab, Uttar Pradesh), Jammu & […]

Astragalus frigidus (L.) A.Gray (Syn: Astragalus frigidus subsp. frigidus ; Astragalus frigidus subsp. grigorjewii (B.Fedtsch.) Chater; Astragalus kolaensis Kuzen.; Phaca frigida L.; Phaca ochreata Crantz);   Austria, Slovakia, Faroer Isl., France, S-Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, N-European Russia, Sweden, Siberia (Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk, Yakutia), Kazakhstan, Russian Far East (Magadan), China (Xinjiang, Sichuan, Yunnan), India, […]

Astragalus amherstianus Benth. (syn: Astragalus lowarensis Ali; Tragacantha amherstiana (Benth.) Kuntze); Afghanistan (N); India (N) ; Himachal Pradesh ; Jammu-Kashmir ; Punjab; Uttar Pradesh; Iran (N); Nepal (N); Pakistan (N) as per ILDIS   Fwd: Astragalus amherstianus in Lahaul : 1 post by 1 author. Two images taken by the Late Krishan Lal at 3100m […]

  SK19JUN28-2016:ID : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Enclosing some pictures for identification. Location : Nubra Valley Altitude : 3048 m Date: 24 August 2014 Astragalus agrestis ??? Images of this species are available at  http://www.easterncoloradowildflowers.Astragalus_agrestis.htm https://commons.wikimedia.org/Category:Astragalus_agrestis? ILDIS does not gives its distribution in India: http://www.legumes-online.net/ildis/aweb/td_15703.htm So may be some other species. As to […]

Astragalus confertus Bunge; . Common name: Hairy-Leaved Milk-Vetch . A. confertus from Changthang area: 1 very high res. image. The attached pictures (from Dr. G S Rawat) from Changthang area which he has identified as A. confertus. Pl. confirm or otherwise. Attaching one more image. Also check the possibility of Astragalus strictus Grah. ex Benth. Yes, this is Astragalus […]

Astragalus himalayanus Klotzsch (Syn: Astragalus carinalis Bunge; Astragalus maddenianus Baker); . Common name: Himalayan Milk Vetch . VoF Week: Astragalus himalayanus from Valley: Astragalus himalayanus from Valley Pls Validate Thanks … for this upload VOF Week: Fabaceae sp. from VoF:  Fabaceae sp. from VoF. Probably an Astragalus…mine post is also pending for id… May be Astragalus […]

Astragalus chlorostachys Lindl. (Syn: Astragalus altissimus Rech.f.; Astragalus bakeristrobiliferus H. Ohashi; Astragalus nuristanicus Kitam.; Hedysarum strobiliferum Baker); .  VOF Week: Astragalus chlorostachys at VOF: Astragalus chlorostachys (Family: Fabaceae) from VOF. VOF Week 300812_DS_03: On the way to VOF. Very hazy image- can it be identified, friends? … Astragalus chlorostachys Lindl. (family Fabaceae). Yes … VoF […]

Astragalus rhizanthus subsp. candolleanus (Benth.) Podlech (Syn: Astragalus candolleanus Benth.; Astragalus royleanus Bunge; Astragalus vexillilongus (Royle ex Benth.) E. Sheld.);      VOF Week: Astragalus candolleanus??? en-route Vasundhara Falls:  More or less prostrate herb seen en-route Vasundhara falls. Could this be Astragalus candolleanus??Family: Fabaceae. I think Yes for Astragalus candolleanus  Perhaps yes Good photographs   Fabaceae […]

Astragalus rhizanthus Benth. (Syn: Astragalus anomalus Bunge; Astragalus badrinathensis “Sharma, Aswal & Mehrotra”; Astragalus candolleanus var. pindreensis Baker; Astragalus candolleanus var. pindreensis Benth. ex Baker f.; Astragalus dscheratuensis var. viridis Sirj. & Rech.f.; Astragalus malacophyllus Bunge; Astragalus nuristanicus Sirj. & Rech.f.; Astragalus nuristanicus var. elasoonensis Sirj. & Rech.f.; Astragalus pindreensis (Baker) Ali; Astragalus rhizanthus var. pindreensis […]