Hedysarum gmelinii Ledeb. - grows in steppen (arid) habitats in Eastern Europe and North and Central Asia.

Screes on the Tarkhatta River right bank, junction of the Sailyugem and Yuzhno-Chuiiskii mountain ranges, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 22nd July July 1998. O. Kosterin