Astragalus arenarius, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 120

90. A. arenarius L. , Sp. Pl. 759 (1753).

Stems 15-30 cm, slender, procumbent or ascending, woody at base. Leaves 3-5 cm; leaflets 2-9 pairs, 1O-2O(-3O) x 2-4 mm, lanceolate or linear, with appressed hairs on both surfaces; stipules 3-6 mm, connate. Peduncles c. £ as long as leaves; racemes oblong, lax, with 3-8 flowers; bracts 1-2 mm, linear-lanceolate. Calyx 4-5 mm, the teeth c. £ as long as tube, triangular. Corolla purplish or lilac, rarely whitish or yellowish; standard 13-17 mm. Legume 12-20 x 3- 5-4 mm, oblong and acute or truncate, with short appressed hairs, sometimes glabrescent; beak short. • U.S.S.R., from c. 49° to 61° N., N.C. Europe eastward to C. Germany and extending to S. Sweden; locally naturalized elsewhere. Cz Ge Po Rs (N, B, C, W, E) Su [FeGe].