Astragalus argaeus
Astragalus argaeus
Erciyes geveni
Dwarf cushion-forming scapose perennial, 5-10 cm, with a much-branched woody caudex. Leaves 0,5-1,0 cm; leaflets 2-3 mm, elliptic, white simple-pilose, 3-5-paired; stipules c.4 mm, lanceolate. Flowers 1-3, sessile in the axils of the upper leaves. Bracts c. 6 mm, lanceolate. Calyx 7-9 mm, tubular, white-pilose; teeth c. 2 mm, setaceous. Flower colour unknown; standard c. 15 mm, broadly oblong. Fl. 7. Alpine regions, 3000-3200 m.
Endemic; Ir.-Tur. element.
