Astragalus austriacus, Jacq.

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 : 120

86. A. austriacus Jacq. , Enum. Stirp. Vindob. 263 (1762).

Often some hairs simple. Stems 10-60 cm, slender, erect or ascending; branches erecto-patent. Leaves 3-7 cm; leaflets 5-10 pairs, 5-15 x 0-75-2-5 mm, usually linear, subglabrous; stipules connate only near base of stem. Peduncles equalling or slightly longer than leaves; racemes long, lax, with 7-25 flowers; bracts 0-5-1 mm, ovate; calyx 2-3 mm, the teeth c. | as long as tube, triangular-ovate. Corolla blue and violet; standard 5-8 mm. Legume 5-12 x 1-5-2-5 mm, linear-oblong and acute, appressedhairy. E.C. & E. Europe, from Austria to S. Ural, extending locally southwards to N. Bulgaria and Krym; S.W. Alps; N.E. Spain. Au Bu Cz Ga Hs Hu It Ju Rm Rs (C, W, K, E).