Astragalus polyactinus, Boiss.

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 : 113

16. A. polyactinus Boiss. , FI. Or. 2: 226 (1872)

( A. cruciatus auct. hisp., non Link).

Stems 2-12 cm, procumbent or ascending. Leaves 2-5-4 cm; leaflets 6-11 pairs, linear to linear-elliptical, densely hairy beneath, sparsely so above. Peduncles (0-2-)l-2 cm, the lower up to half as long as leaves, the upper much shorter; racemes dense, with 6-14 flowers. Calyx 3-5-5 mm, the teeth | as long as tube. Corolla yellow; standard 5-6 mm. Legumes 10-12 x 3- 4 mm, stellately patent even when mature, linear-lanceolate, slightly curved, laterally compressed, expanded and somewhat dorsiventrally flattened at base; beak straight or curved; valves densely hairy with both short, appressed and long, ascending hairs. S.E. & E. Spain. Hs. (N.W. Africa)