Hedysarum austrosibiricum B. Fedtsch. (= Hedysarum hedysaroides (L.) Schinz et Thell.) - a beautiful plant growing on alpine meadows in the mountains of S Siberia.

An alpine meadow in the valley of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2400 m above sea level, the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998. O. Kosterin