Astragalus angustifolius, Lam.

77. A. angustifolius Lam. View in CoL , Encycl. Méth. Bot. 1: 321 (1783).

Caespitose, forming dense tussocks, spiny; stems 5-20 cm, woody at base. Leaves 2-5-6 cm, the spine-like rhachis slender; leaflets 6-10 pairs, 2-7 x 0-75-2 mm, narrowly elliptical to linear, acute or subobtuse, usually densely appressed-hairy on both surfaces; stipules glabrous or hairy. Peduncles very short or up to slightly longer than leaves; racemes ovoid, with 3-12 flowers; bracts 4-8 mm, linear-lanceolate. Calyx 5-9 mm, appressed-hairy, the teeth i~ i as long as tube. Corolla white; standard 13-23 mm; wings 10-20 mm; keel 8-15 mm, sometimes purplish. Legume 10-15 mm, exceeding calyx, oblong-lanceolate, triquetrous, with short, dense, appressed hairs. Mountain rocks. Balkan peninsula, Thasos, Kriti. Al Bu Cr Gr Ju.

Two subspecies may be recognized. There is also clinal vari­ ation in certain characters, particularly in the length of the calyx- teeth, which decreases towards the south.