Astragalus alopecuroides, 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 : 118

70. A. alopecuroides L. , Sp. Pl. 755 ( A. narbonensis Gouan ). Stems 15-75 cm, stout, erect, densely hairy to subglabrous. Leaves 15-20 cm, imparipinnate; leaflets 12-15 pairs, oblongelliptical to oblong, densely hairy to subglabrous beneath, glabrous above; stipules usually hairy. Peduncles up to 2cm; racemes globose; bracts slightly longer than calyx. Calyx 12- 17 mm, villous with long, dense hairs, slightly inflated in fruit, the teeth slightly longer than tube. Corolla pale yellow; standard 22-27 mm; wings slightly shorter than keel. Legume triangularovate, strongly laterally compressed, with long, dense hairs. • E., C. & S. Spain, extending northwards into S. France (Hérault, Aude). Ga Hs.