27. R. rhaetica Gremli, Excurs.-Fl. Schweiz ed. 4, 164 (1881)

( R. afzeliana subsp. rhaetica (Gremli) R. Keller & Gams).

Like 23 but stout, hooked prickles and slender, straight acicles both present; leaflets not bluish-green or pruinose, somewhat glandular and more or less hairy on both surfaces; pedicels 5-10 mm, glabrous or stipitate-glandular. • Alps. Au He It.