Astragalus eriocephalus

Ssp elongatus: Uzun geven; Ssp eriocephalus: Yünlü geven

Dwarf shrub. Leaves 1.5-3 cm; rachis spiny; leaflets 5-8 mm, elliptic, mucronate, both surfaces simple-villous, 4-7-paired; stipules 6-8 mm, triangular-lanceolate, white-hairy or glabrescent, joined for two-thirds of their length. Inflorescence globose or oblong, with 4-15 sessile flowers. Bracts 5-9 mm, lanceolate to linear, white-hairy at apex, sometimes purple-tipped. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 9-14 mm, tubular, white spreading-simple-pilose, often glabrescent towards base; teeth 4-8 mm, setaceous. Corolla pink; standard 10-14 mm. Legume unknown. Fl. 6-8. Mountains, hilly steppe, 2000-3000 m.
1. Inflorescence globose; leaflets sparsely villous, especially when mature  subsp. eriocephalus
1. Inflorescence oblong; leaflets densely villous  subsp. elongatus

The species is endemic to Turkey. Ir.-Tur. element.