Astragalus massiliensis, (Miller) Lam .

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79. A. massiliensis (Miller) Lam. , Encycl. Méth. Bot. 1:320 (1783)

( A. tragacantha L. pro parte).

Usually laxly caespitoseandnotforming dense tussocks,spiny; stems 10-30 cm, woody at base. Leaves 2-7 cm, the spine-like rhachis stout; leaflets 6-12 pairs, 4-6 x 1 - 5-2-5 mm, oblong or elliptical, obtuse or truncate and mucron­ ate, densely hairy beneath, densely or sparsely so above; stipules densely appressed-hairy. Peduncles up to 3 cm; racemes with 3-8 flowers; bracts 3-4 mm, ovate-lanceolate. Calyx 5-7 mm, appressed-hairy, the teeth as long as tube. Corolla white; standard 13—17 mm; wings 11-15 mm; keel 9-13 mm. Legume 9-10 mm, oblong, acute, with short, dense, more or less appressed hairs; beakabsent or less than 2 mm. • 5. W. Europe. Co Ga Hs?It Lu Sa?Si.