刚毛岩黄耆 gang mao yan huang qi

Herbs, perennial, 15-20 cm tall. Stems numerous, abbrevi­ated, inconspicuous. Stipules triangular, 8-10 mm, connate far­ther than middle. Leaves 6-10 cm, 9-13-foliolate; leaflet blades ovate to ovate-elliptic, 6-9 × 3-5 mm, abaxially densely ap­pressed pilose, adaxially sparsely pilose. Racemes dense, broadly ovoid, with many flowers; bracts lanceolate, 6-8 mm; peduncle conspicuously longer than leaves. Pedicel ca. 1 mm. Calyx campanulate, 8-10 mm, sericeous; teeth subulate-lan­ceolate, 2-2.5 × as long as tube. Corolla pinkish purple; stan­dard broadly obovate, 1.7-2 cm; wings ca. 1/4 as long as stan­dard; keel dark purple at apex, slightly shorter than standard. Ovary pilose. Legume not seen. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Aug-Sep.

Alpine steppes; 3200-3800 m. Xinjiang (S Tian Shan) [Kyrgyz­stan].