Astragalus purpureus, Lam.

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 : 114

28. A. purpureus Lam. , Encycl. Méth. Bot. 1: 314 (1783)

(incl. A. gremiti Burnat ).

Stems 10-40 cm, slender, ascending, sometimes with some hairs medifixed. Leaves 4-8 cm; leaflets 7-15 pairs, elliptic-oblong, emarginate, hairy beneath, subglabrous above; upper stipules 5-10 mm. Peduncles 1-2 times as long as leaves; racemes globose, with many flowers. Calyx 8-10 mm, the teeth %as long as tube. Corolla purplish, rarely whitish; standard c. 18 mm, deeply emarginate. Legume 10-15 mm, ovoid, inflated, white-villous. 5. & VP. Europe, from W. France and E. Spain to the west part of the Balkan peninsula; mainly in mountains. Al Ga Hs It Ju.