Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Astragalus mucronatus DC.

Common names:

• chickpea milk-vetch  (Source: F Utah) - English
• cicer milk-vetch  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• astragale pois-chiche  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• Kichertragant  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• garbanzo  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• garbanzo silvestre  (Source: F Int Apico) - Spanish
• kikvedel  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage (grazing)
• Bee plants:
• Environmental: erosion control; erosion control
• Medicines: folklore

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Turkey (e.)
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar, Stavropol]
• SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Kurgan, Sverdlovsk]

Europe

• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bulgaria, Former Yugoslavia, Italy (n.), Romania
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Spain (n. & e.)


Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

References:

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=5753. Accessed 9 May 2024.