Astragalus depressus, 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 : 115

39. A. depressus L. , Cent. Pl. 2: 29 (1756).

Acaulescent with branched stock, or stems up to 10 cm, procumbent; hairs medifixed with one arm very short, or almost simple. Leaves 2-30 cm; leaflets 6-14 pairs, obovate to obcordate, appressed-hairy beneath, glabrous above; stipules 4-13 mm, not connate. Peduncles 1-6 cm, never exceeding leaves; racemes oblong, with 6-14 flowers. Calyx (3—)4—6 mm, the teeth | as long as tube, lanceolate. Corolla whitish or bluish-purple; standard 10—12(—14) mm, emarginate. Legume (6-)15-22x 3-4 mm, linear-lanceolate, valves slightly keeled, appressed-hairy but glabrescent, faintly reticulately veined, bilocular. In =16. Mountains o f S. Europe, extending northwards to N.E. Switzerland. Al Bu Cr Ga G r He Hs It Ju Rm Si.

One of the most variable species, particularly in size of parts; no useful subdivision has yet been made.