Astragalus sericophyllus, Griseb.

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 : 122

113. A. sericophyllus Griseb. , Spicil. Fl. Rumel. 1: 52 (1843).

Stems 1-2 cm, woody at base. Leaves 2-3 cm; leaflets 4-6 pairs, 5-8 x 1-2-5 mm, narrowly elliptical, subacute, densely appressedhairy, silvery; stipules 1-2 mm. Peduncles 4-5 times as long as leaves; racemes lax, with 8-15 flowers. Calyx c. 10 mm, with appressed black and patent white hairs, the teeth c. | as long as tube, linear. Corolla reddish-purple and whitish; standard 18- 20 mm. Legume c. 25 x 2 mm, linear, straight, acute, with dense, appressed or ascending hairs. • 5. part o f Balkan peninsula. Al G r Ju.