Pan India Bouquets

Astragalus tenuicaulis Bunge

Family : Fabaceae
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
Subfamily : Faboideae
Synonym(s) : Astragalus inconspicuus Baker; Tragacantha tenuicaulis (Benth. ex Bunge) Kuntze
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Astragalus tenuicaulis Bunge
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Occasional on open hill slopes in sandy moist soil along roadsides and on river banks, 2100 - 2700 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : July-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district,North Sikkim (Mangan) district
Native : Bhutan, East Himalaya, India, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 102; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 721; Chaudhary L.B. , Anand K.K. and Srivastava R. (2007). Taxonomic Study of Endemic Species of Astragalus L. (Fabaceae) of India. Taiwania, 52(3): 216-237
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Astragalus tenuicaulis. Downloaded on 24 March 2023.