Astragalus humifusus

Fiğ geveni

Syn: A. viciifolius

Prostrate perennial; stems 5-10 cm. Leaves c. 3 cm; leaflets 2.5-6 mm, oblong, bearing shortly adpressed, stiff, simple hairs on both surfaces, 7-11-paired; stipules 2-3 mm, triangular, united at the base. Peduncles 2-3 cm. Inflorescence a dense 7-10-flowered spike. Bracts c. 2 mm, lanceolate. Calyx 7-9 mm, cylindrical, black and white, spreading, simple-hairy; teeth c. 3 mm. Corolla violet; standard 14-17 mm. Legume 12-13 mm, oblong, sparsely white-pilose, shortly beaked. Fl. 6-7. Mountainous districts, 1200-2300 m.
Georgia, Caucasus, N. Iran.