Astragalus cornutus, 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 : 123

120. A. cornutus Pallas , Reise 1: 499 (1771).

Stems up to 40(-100) cm, erect, woody at base. Leaves (3-)5-9cm; leaflets 4-9 pairs, 10-35 x 1-7 mm, broadly obovate to linear-oblong, appressed-hairy on both surfaces; stipules 3-9 mm, not connate. Peduncles about as long as leaves; racemes 2—4(—5) cm, ovoid, dense, with 10-40 flowers; bracts 3-5 mm, linear. Calyx 7-12 mm, the teeth 4 - | as long as tube, linear-subulate. Corolla violet; standard 18-20 mm, emarginate. Legume 10-18x 3-4 mm, oblong, straight, with dense, ascending hairs. S.E. Europe, from N.E. Bulgaria to S. Ural and W. Kazakhstan. Bu Rm Rs (C, W, E).