Astragalus asper, Jacq.

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

84. A. asper Jacq. , Mise. Austr. Bot. 2: 335 (1781).

Stems 20- 60 cm, stout, herbaceous, erect; branches strict. Leaves 5-10 cm; leaflets 8-15 pairs, 15-30 mm, linear-lanceolate, sparsely appressed-hairy on both surfaces or subglabrous; stipules not connate. Peduncles 1-2 times as long as leaves; racemes long, dense; bracts 4-8 mm, linear-lanceolate. Calyx 8-14 mm, the teeth £-£ as long as tube. Corolla yellow; standard 15-20 mm. Legume 12-25 x 3 mm, linear-lanceolate and acuminate, straight or curved at apex, with appressed hairs. E.C. Europe and south part o f U.S.S.R., extending southwards to N. Bulgaria. Au Bu Cz HuRmRs (C, W, K, E).