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Astragalus sect. Glycyphyllus
Habit Herbs perennial, caulescent; caudex shallowly subterranean.
Stems

several.
Leaves

odd-pinnate, short-petiolate;

leaflets 9–13(or 15)[or 17].
Racemes

subcapitate to loose, flowers ascending.
Corollas

greenish white, often suffused purple, banner recurved through 40°, keel apex round.
Calyx

tubes campanulate.
Legumes

persistent, short-stipitate, incurved-ascending [erect], linear-ellipsoid, somewhat 3-sided compressed, ± straight or gently incurved, bilocular.
Seeds

19–25.
Hairs

basifixed.
Stipules

distinct or connate at proximal nodes.

Astragalus sect. Glycyphyllus
Distribution
Europe; Asia [Introduced in North America]
Discussion

Species 6 (1 in the flora).

Section Glycyphyllus has a rather broad distribution in Eurasia.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Astragalus
Subordinate taxa
Name authority Bunge: Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 11(16): 25. (1868)
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