Astragalus testiculatus, Pallas

107. A. testiculatus Pallas View in CoL , Spec. Astrag. 82 (1800).

Acaulescent, with branched stock, or rarely with stems up to 6 cm. Leaves 3-10 cm; leaflets 7-12 pairs, 3-15 x 1-5 mm, oblong or elliptical, with very dense, rather long, erecto-patent hairs. Peduncle very short or absent; racemes with 3-10 flowers. Calyx 10-12 mm, with dense patent hairs, the teeth as long as tube. Corolla whitish, pale violet or purplish; standard 18-27 mm, the limb oblong-obovate, constricted in the middle, emarginate. Legume 10-20 x 7-10 mm, ovate, compressed, with dense patent hairs, usually pendent; peduncle elongating up to c. 3 cm in fruit. S.E. part o f U.S.S.R., from Krym to C. Ural. Rs (C, K, E).