Cicer soongaricum Stephan ex DC. grows on dry detritous southern slopes in the upper part of the coniferous forest belt in the Mountains of Central Asia, penetrates into the SE [Russian] Altai Mts. It belongs to the same genus as the chickpea.

A dry southern slope of a small ridge dividing a recent and ancient beds of the Dzhazator River 7 km upstream of the Zhumaly River, 200 m above sea level, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 19th July 1998. O. Kosterin