Astragalus oxyglottis, Steven ex Bieb.

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 : 113

19. A. oxyglottis Steven ex Bieb. , 77. Taur.-Cauc. 2: 192 (1808).

Stems up to 15 cm, procumbent or ascending. Leaves 2-7 cm; leaflets 5-8 pairs, cuneate, emarginate, sparsely hairy beneath, usually glabrous above. Peduncles shorter than leaves, sometimes only 0-2 cm; racemes dense, with 4-8 flowers. Calyx c. 2-5 mm, the teeth | as long as tube. Corolla pink; standard 5-8 mm. Legumes 10-15x3 mm, stellately patent, linear-lanceolate and acute, not expanded or flattened at base, quadrangular in section with the sides concave; valves sharply keeled, faintly reticulate or almost smooth, glabrous or with appressed hairs. S.E. Russia; Krym. Rs (K, E). (S.W. & C. Asia.)