Pan India Bouquets

Oxytropis microphylla (Pall.) DC.

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 diphyllus Lam.; Astragalus microphyllus (Pall.) Pall.; Astragalus polyphyllus Willd.; Oxytropis grenardii Franch.; Oxytropis microphylla f. albiflora P.Yan & M.M.Gao; Oxytropis tibetica Bunge; Phaca microphylla Pall.; Spiesia microphylla (Pall.) Kuntze; Spiesia polyadenia Freyn; Spiesia tibetica (Bunge) Kuntze
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Oxytropis microphylla (Pall.) DC.
Common name : Small Leaved Locoweed
Vernacular name : sTag-sha nagpo (Ladakhi)
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Hillsides, valley slopes, gravelly river terraces, hillsides in Stipa grasslands, ice terraces, high-elevation grasslands, sandy areas, Caragana scrub; 2700-5200 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : May-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Buryatiya, China, East Himalaya, India, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Pakistan to South Siberia and 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: 110
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Oxytropis microphylla. Downloaded on 3 December 2023.

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