Onobrychis alba, (Waldst. & Kit.) Desv.

11. O. alba (Waldst. & Kit.) Desv. View in CoL , Jour. Bot. Appi. 3: 83 (1814).

Pubescent perennial up to 60 cm. Leaflets of the lower leaves 6-10 pairs, 5-35 x 1-5-4(-6) mm, linear to elliptical. Calyx pubescent with patent hairs or villous, rarely with the tube glabrous, the teeth at least twice as long as tube; corolla 8-14 mm, white or pink often with pink veins, the standard about as long as keel. Legume 4-7 mm, villous, the hairs at least 0-5 mm; sides toothed; margin with 2-6 teeth. Balkan peninsula, S. Romania; C. & S. Italy. Al Bu G r It Ju Rm. 1 Corolla 8-10 mm; calyx-teeth 3-4 times as long as tube

(d) subsp. calcarea 1 Corolla 10-14 mm; calyx-teeth 2-3 times as long as tube 2 Corolla 12-14 mm; calyx-tube villous (c) subsp. echinata 2 Corolla 10-12 mm; calyx-tube usually sparsely pubescent 3 Leaflets of lower leaves 8-35 mm; corolla usually white;

calyx with white hairs (a) subsp. alba 3 Leaflets of lower leaves 5-12 mm; corolla usually pinkish;

calyx with brownish hairs (b) subsp. laconica