Trigonella grandiflora, Bunge

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 : 151

7. T. grandiflora Bunge , Arb. Naturf.-Ver. Riga 1: 218 (1847).

Stems 5-25(-35) cm, glabrous or subglabrous. Leaflets 8-15x5-10 mm, obovate-cuneate, truncate, dentate, sparsely pubescent on the veins beneath. Racemes subumbellate, (l-)2- to 3(-5)-flowered; peduncles c. 1cm; pedicels c. 2 mm. Calyx 5-7 mm, the teeth as long as tube; corolla 13-16 mm, yellow. Legume 20-75 x 1-2 mm, erect or patent, linear, curved, glabrous, with oblique veins, the apex hooked. Seeds c. 3 mm, cylindrical, yellow with a few red spots. Dry slopes and cultivated ground. S.E. Russia. Rs (E). (C. Asia, Iran.)