Astragalus reduncus, 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 : 121

102. A. reduncus Pallas , Spec. Astrag. 109 (1800).

Subacaulescent, with branched stock. Leaves 3-20 cm; leaflets 5-10(-20) pairs, 3-1 2x 2-5 mm, oblong-ovate, with flexuous erecto-patent hairs, dense beneath and sparser above; stipules 4-7 mm. Peduncles equalling or slightly exceeding leaves; racemes ovoid, with 5-20 flowers; bracts 3-5 mm, linearlanceolate. Calyx 11-13 mm, densely hairy, the teeth as long as tube. Corolla yellowish, rarely violet; standard 17-27 mm. Legume 10-20(-25) x c. 4 mm, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, curved, with dense, erecto-patent hairs. • S. Ukraine and S.E. Russia. Rs (W, K, E).