Oxytropis halleri, Bunge ex Koch

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 : 126

18. O. halleri Bunge ex Koch , Syn. FI. Germ. ed. 2, 200 (1843)

( O. sericea (DC.) Simonkai , non Nutt., Astragalus sericeus Lam. pro parte).

Acaulescent, appressed- to patent-hairy. Leaflets (8-) 10—14(—18) pairs, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate; stipules free or somewhat connate, shortly adnate to petiole. Scapes 4-30 cm; racemes ovoid, elongating after flowering, with 5-15 flowers. Corolla blue to purple, rarely paler; standard 15-20 mm; tooth of keel 1- 1 -5 mm. Legume 15-20 x 5-6 mm, ovoid to narrowly ellipsoid, with short, dense appressed hairs; ventral and dorsal septa equal in width, orthe ventral wider. • Pyrenees, AIps, Carpathians; Scotland; one station in E. Albania. Al Au Br Cz Ga He Hs It Po Rm.