清河黄耆 qing he huang qi

Plants ca. 17 cm tall, subshrubby. Stems of current year erect, covered with appressed to ascending hairs. Leaves 2-2.5 cm; stipules 2-3 mm, with appressed to ascending hairs; petiole short; leaflets in 2 or 3 pairs, narrowly elliptic, 3-10 × 1.5-2.5 mm, both surfaces white hairy, apex acute. Racemes densely 6-12-flowered; peduncle 4-7 cm; bracts 2-3 mm, linear-acute. Calyx 4-6 mm, covered with ascending white and black hairs; teeth ca. 1 mm. Petals yellowish; standard oblong, ca. 8 × 2.5 mm, apex truncate; wings ca. 8 mm; keel shorter than wings. Legumes (unripe) ovoid, 5-6 mm; valves densely covered with white and black hairs.

● Xinjiang (Qinghe).