Astragalus australis, (L.) Lam.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 115

41. A. australis (L.) Lam. , Fl. Fr. 2: 637 (1778)

( Phaca australis L. ; incl. A. krajinae Domin ).

Stems 10-30 cm, ascending. Leaves 2-10 cm; leaflets 4-6(-9) pairs, narrowly elliptical to ovatelanceolate, acute, subglabrous to densely appressed-hairy on both surfaces; stipules 4-10 mm, ovate to lanceolate. Peduncles 1^—2 times as long as leaves; racemes elongate, with 8-15 flowers. Calyx 4-7 mm, the teeth | as long as tube. Corolla yellowish-white or white; standard 10-15 mm, sometimes dark violet at apex; wings 8-12 mm, entire or 2-lobed at apex; keel 7-8 mm, dark violet at apex. Legume 10-30 x 5-9 mm, oblong-ovoid, inflated, glabrous. Mountains o f Europe, from the Carpathians and C. Ural southwards to the Pyrenees, C. Appennini and W. & C. Bulgaria; one lowland station ih subarctic Russia. 2n=22, 48. Au Bu Cz Ga Ge He Hs It Ju Po Rm Rs (N, C, W).