Astragalus stereocalyx
Astragalus stereocalyx
Sertçanak
Scapose perennial with woody caudices. Leaves 4-25 cm; leaflets elliptic, acute, mucronate, glabrous or very sparsely simple-pilose; stipules 5-20 mm, narrowly triangular. Flowers in 2-3-flowered racemes. Bracts 5 mm, ovate, glabrous, sometimes ciliate. Calyx 12-20 mm, ±globose, woody and shining, very hard; teeth 3-5 mm, hairy. Corolla white, keel violet-tipped; standard 24-27 mm. Legume c. 7 x 2-3 mm, included in calyx, stipitate, ovoid-oblong, glabrous. Fl. 6. Mountains, woods, 1600-1800 m.
Endemic; Ir.-Tur. element.
