Astragalus karelinianus, M. Popov

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 : 122

115. A. karelinianus M. Popov in Komarov, Fl. URSS 12: 695 (1946).

Stems 10-20 cm, erect, woody at base. Leaves 5-10 cm; leaflets 5-7 pairs, 5-1 0 x 1-2 mm, linear-lanceolate, appressedhairy on both surfaces; stipules 3-4 mm, not connate. Peduncles l |- 2 times as long as leaves; racemes dense, with 5-10 flowers; bracts 0-5-1 mm, ovate. Calyx 7-9 mm, the teeth as long as tube, linear-subulate. Corolla whitish or violet, rarely yellowish; standard c. 20 mm, the limb c. 6 times as long as claw. Legume 20-30 x 2-3 mm, linear-subulate, almost straight, with ascending hairs. • C. & S. Ural. Rs (C).