Astragalus alopecurus, Pallas

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

69. A. alopecurus Pallas , Spec. Astrag. 11 (1800).

Stems 50- 100 cm, stout, erect, densely hairy. Leaves 20-30 cm, imparipinnate; leaflets 17-27 pairs, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, glabrous above, sparsely hairy beneath; stipules hairy. Peduncles up to 1(—2) cm; racemes ovoid or oblong; bracts as long as calyx. Calyx 12-17 mm, villous with long, dense hairs, slightly inflated in fruit, the teeth as long as tube. Corolla pale yellow; standard 18-23 mm, the limb 5-7 mm wide; wings slightly longer than keel. Legume ovoid-globose, with long, dense hairs. S. Ural. Rs (C). (N. & W. Asia.)