Astragalus arcuatus, Kar. & Kir.

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

101. A. arcuatus Kar. & Kir. , Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou 14: 407 (1841).

Stems up to 7 mm, procumbent, woody at base. Leaves 1-5-2 cm; leaflets 2-4 pairs, 5-10 x 1-5-3 mm, linear-lanceolate to oblanceolate, with flexuous erecto-patent hairs, dense beneath and sparser above; stipules 3-4 mm. Peduncles from slightly shorter than to twice as long as leaves; racemes subglobose, with 5-7 flowers; bracts 1-2 mm, ovate-lanceolate. Calyx 8-13 mm, the teeth c. | as long as tube. Corolla purplish; standard 17- 25 mm. Legume 15-30 xc. 3 mm, linear, curved, with dense, erecto-patent hairs. W. Kazakhstan. Rs (?C, E).