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6. Astragalus sect. Oxyglottis Bunge, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, sér. 7. 11(16): 10. 1868.

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Plants annual, with basifixed hairs. Stipules shortly adnate to petiole. Inflorescences capitate, sometimes with additional whorls, or loose racemes. Flowers subsessile. Calyx shortly tubular to campanulate. Standard without distinct claw; wing limbs slightly emarginate at tip. Legumes sessile, often distinctly wider than high, keeled ventrally, widely flattened to deeply V-like grooved dorsally, with sharp edges or wings on back of valves, completely 2-locular.

Six species: Afghanistan, NW China, Pakistan, Russia; N Africa, C and SW Asia, Europe; two species in China.


1 Inflorescences capitate, sometimes with additional, remote whorls; standard 5-6 mm; legumes as wide as high, with crenulate lateral edges.   9 A. oxyglottis
+ Inflorescence loosely racemose; standard 6-10 mm; legumes dorsiventrally flattened, ca. 2 × wider than high, with shortly dentate lateral wings.   10 A. vicarius


 

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