玛多棘豆 ma duo ji dou

Herbs, 3-8 cm tall, acaulescent, tufted. Stipules ovate-lan­ceolate, 6-9 mm, with appressed white long trichomes, basal half connate. Leaves 1.5-6 cm, 15-25-foliolate; petiole and ra­chis with spreading trichomes; petiole purplish brown, 0.5-2.5 cm; leaflet blades ovate to oblong, 2-7 × 1-3 mm, densely ap­pressed white or yellow pubescent, base rounded, apex acute. Racemes dense, many flowered; peduncle 1-6 cm, pilose; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 5-8 mm, membranous, sparsely pubescent. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 8-10 × 3-4 mm, somewhat inflated, with black short and white long trichomes; lobes subulate, ca. 3 mm. Corolla yellow; standard ca. 1.3 cm, lamina ovate, apex emarginate; wings ca. 1.1 cm, apex obliquely obtuse to rarely emarginate; keel 9-10 mm, beak 0.5-1 mm. Legume unknown. Fl. May-Jul.

● Meadows on hillsides in alpine areas; 4300-4600 m. Qinghai (Madoi).