类泡荚组 lei pao jia zu

Plants similar to Astragalus sect. Cystium, acaulescent to shortly caulescent, covered with bifurcate hairs. Stipules ± adnate to petiole, otherwise free. Racemes with a short peduncle, loosely few flowered. Legumes bladderlike inflated, 2-locular; valves rigidly membranous to leathery.

Five species: China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Uzbekistan; SW Asia (Caucasus), E Europe; one species in China.