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Published In: Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg, Septième Série 11(16): 21. 1868. (Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7) Name publication detailView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Flower/Fruit : Fl.Per.: June-August.
Type : Holotype: Himalaya, Hoffmeister (B-not seen).
Distribution : Distribution: Pakistan (N.W.F. Province); Kashmir; India (N. Punjab, Kumaun, Garhwal); Tibet; Russia, Pamir Alai; Afghanistan.
Map Location : A-6 Och Anzog, 3600 m,12.7.1950, Wendelbo (K); A-7 Chitral: Golen Gol, stream bed, S.A. Bowes Lyon 77 (BM); Shandur, edge of lake, S.A. Bowes Lyon 85; 92 (BM); A-7 Zanskar, Rangdhum, 15000 ft., W. Koelz 2910 (E); Zanskar, Seni, 12000 ft., W.Koelz 5771 (G); B-6 Prov. Chitral, haute vallee de Yarkhun, hauts paturages, 4000 m, 22-27.8.1954, F.Schmid 2328 (G); Shishi, stream bed, S.A. Bowes Lyon 215 (BM); B-7 Swat, Sho Nala, 9000 ft., R.R. Stewart & A.Rehman 25271 (RAW); Above Ushu, R.R.Stewart & A.Rehman 25286 (RAW); B-9 Baltistan, Golteri Nallah, Shingo valley, 11000 ft., Duthie 11874 (E;BM); Dras valley, 10-11000 ft., Duthie 13685 (BM ;E); Kashmir, Ladak Road, 11000 ft., R.R. Stewart 10051 (RAW).

 

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Perennial, c. 10-60 cm tall, branched from almost the base, stem glabrous. Leaf imparipinnately compound, petiole c. 1.2-5.0 cm long, rachis c. 1.2-5.0 cm long, leaflets 11-15, oblong or elliptic, c. 3-18 mm long, c. 3-6 mm broad, entire, retuse, glabrous above, sparingly pubescent or glabrous below; stipules c. 3-8 mm long, connate. Inflorescence an axillary pedunculate raceme; peduncle c. 2.5-20 cm long,-black pubescent. Bracts c. 4-6 mm long, black-pubescent. Calyx c. 3.5-4.5 mm long, densely black-pubescent, or hairs black and white, teeth c. 2.2-2.5 mm long. Corolla red or pale pink. Vexillum c. 7 mm long. Wing c. 5-6 mm long. Keel c. 4-5 mm long, Fruit c. 4-5 mm long, globular or ovoid, densely black-pubescent, unilocular, 2-seeded.
 
 
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