title: Distribution, coenotic affinity, ecological, morphological and biological peculiarities of Astragalus ponticus Pall.
abstract: Integrated information about the distribution, coenotic affinity, ecological and morphological and biological peculiarities is listed in the Red Data Book of Ukraine of Astragalus ponticus. In modern area A. ponticus covers the steppe and forest-steppe regions of Circumboreal, Mediterranean, Iranian-Turanian regions. Characteristic traits of geographical distribution are revealed in each country. In Ukraine there are two centers of distribution of A. ponticus. The first is associated with steppe
journal: Chornomorski Botanical Journal