Astragalus sibthorpianus

Uludağ geveni

Dwarf, prostrate, suffrutescent perennial; stems c. 10 cm. Leaves c. 1 cm; leaflets c. 3 mm, narrowly obovate, densely bifurcate-pilose, 9-10-paired; stipules c.5 mm, ovate-lanceolate, drying brownish. Peduncles c. 1 cm. Inflorescence 1,5-2 cm in diam., a dense, globose to oblong, c. 20-flowered spike. Bracts c. 5 mm, lanceolate. Calyx c. 7 mm, campanulate, densely white bifurcate-pilose, at least when young; teeth c. 4 mm, linear. Corolla deep brick red; standard c. 12 mm, ligulate. Legume ovate, obtuse, crisped-hairy, mucronulate. Fl. 5-7. Open forest, stony places, meadows. 950-2300m.

Endemic.