Astragalus longifolius

Taze geven

Low, thick-stemmed shrub; stems c. 10 cm. Leaf rachis spiny, 8-15 cm. Leaflets 6-9-paired, glabrous, those of the upper leaves 15-35 mm, narrowly elliptic, spine-tipped, those of the lower leaves sometimes smaller, 10-15 mm, oblong and mucronate. Stipules 15-20 mm, triangular-lanceolate, white-tomentose, becoming glabrous. Flowers sessile in the leaf axils. Inflorescence globose, 3-5 cm diam., 20-50-flowered. Bracts 10-12 mm, ovate-lanceolate to widely ovate, navicular, tomentose towards the apex. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 11-14 mm, densely villous or pilose; lobes often incurved and less densely hairy above, divided to the base though apparently forming a tube 4-6 mm long. Corolla bluish, pink or ?purple; standard 20-25 mm. Fl. 6-7. Chalky screes, etc., 1750-2000 m.

Endemic; Ir.-Tur. element.