藏青胡卢巴,又名矩镰苜蓿(Medi-cago archiducis—nicolai Sirj),是青藏高原特有的优良野生豆科牧草。早在1953年孙醒东先生在《重要牧草栽培》一书中就对矩镰苜蓿做了概要记述。随后,《国产牧草植物》、《中国主要植物图说》(第五册豆科)、《川西北草地的改良与利用》等著作中也对矩镰苜蓿做了进一步地说明。1985年《西藏植物志》把矩镰苜蓿定名为藏青胡卢巴。由于矩镰苜蓿形态特征与花苜蓿(又称胡卢巴、扁蓿豆,学名:Medicago ruthe-nica Leded.=Trigonella ruthenica L.=Pocockia ruthenica(L.)Boiss.)相似,许多草地调查资料把藏青胡卢巴误认为花苜蓿。笔者根据多年野外调查资料,参考有关文 Himalaya, known as Medi-cago archiducis-nicolai Sirj, is an excellent wild leguminous pasture unique to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. As early as 1953, Mr. Sun Xundong made a summary account of Moose alfalfa in “Important Forage Cultivation”. Subsequently, “Forage grass”, “China’s major plant diagram that” (fifth legume), “northwest of Sichuan grassland improvement and utilization” and other works are also on the rectangular sickle alfalfa made further explanation. In 1985 “Flora of Tibet” to the moment sickle alfalfa named navy blue luba. Due to the similar morphological characteristics of Medicago falcata to Medicago sativa (Medicago ruthenica Leded. = Trigonella ruthenica L. = Pocockia ruthenica (L.) Boiss.), Many grassland survey data Nazarbayev mistakenly believe that alfalfa. The author based on years of field investigation information, refer to the relevant article