Astragalus stella, Gouan

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 : 113

17. A. stella Gouan , Obs. Bot. 50 (1773).

Stems up to 20 cm, procumbent or ascending. Leaves 2-8 cm; leaflets 9-11 pairs, oblong to obovate, obtuse or emarginate, sparsely or densely hairy on both surfaces. Peduncles | as long as to slightly longer than leaves; racemes dense, with 7-12 flowers. Calyx 5-6 mm, the teeth slightly shorter than tube. Corolla yellowish; standard 9-11 mm. Legumes (7-) 10-15 x 3-4 mm, erect or suberect, lanceolate, almost straight, laterally compressed, scarcely dorsiventrally compressed at base; beak c. 2 mm, curved; valves densely hairy with appressed or ascending hairs. W. Mediterranean region; one station in S. Portugal; twice recordedfrom Greece. Ga G r Hs Lu.