Astragalus albicaulis, DC.

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 : 124

131. A. albicaulis DC. , Astrag. 166 (1802).

Stems 5-20 cm, erect, woody at base, densely hairy with appressed, white hairs. Leaves 2-6 cm; leaflets 3-4 pairs, oblong or ovate, with appressed hairs on both surfaces; stipules 2-3 mm, not connate. Peduncles 2-3 times as long as leaves; racemes 2-7 cm, lax, with 10-20 flowers; bracts 3-5 mm, linear-lanceolate. Calyx 12-15 mm, with ascending hairs, the teeth 1 as long as tube, subulate. Corolla yellowish; standard 18-23 mm, emarginate at apex. Legume 10-15x3-4 mm, equalling calyx, oblong, with dense almost patent hairs. S.E. Russia and W. Kazakhstan. Rs (C, E).