Astragalus angustifolius
Astragalus angustifolius
Ssp angustifolius: Keçi geveni; Ssp longidens: Karın geveni; Ssp pungens: Kör geven
Dwarf, cushion-forming shrub. Leaves 2-6 cm, paripinnate; rachis spiny, leaflets 3-7 mm, elliptic to obovate, obtuse, sometimes mucronate, both surfaces bifurcate-sericeous or glabrescent, 7-12-paired; stipules 5-8 mm, lanceolate, white-hairy, joined to more than half-way. Peduncles shorter or longer than leaves. Flowers in 3-14-flowered racemes. Bracts 2-4 mm, lanceolate. Bracteoles 1-2 mm, lanceolate. Calyx 6-10 mm, tubular, shortly±adpressed black and white bifurcate-hairy; teeth 1-5 mm. Corolla pinkish-purple, yellow or whitish; standard 15-18 mm. Legume 8-10 x 2-3 mm, oblong, densely± adpressed white-hairy ; beak c. 1 mm, straight.
1. Peduncles shorter than leaves
2. Calyx teeth half as long as tube or less ........................subsp. angustifolius
3. Corolla whitish or yellow, sometimes with a purple keel ... var. angustifolius
3. Corolla completely pinkish-purple .................................... var. violaceus
2. Calyx teeth ± equal to tube ............................................... subsp. longidens
1. Peduncles equal to or exceeding leaves .................................. subsp. pungens
