少花杭子梢 shao hua hang zi shao

Shrubs, ca. 1 m tall. Young branches ± densely shortly appressed hairy. Petiole 0.8-1.6 cm, ascending or spreading pu­bescent; stipels absent; leaflets obovate, terminal one 1.3-2.4 × 0.9-1.5 cm, abaxially sparsely shortly appressed hairy, adaxi­ally glabrous, base obtuse, apex retuse and mucronulate. Ra­cemes few flowered, 0.6-1.4 cm; rachis and pedicels sparsely shortly appressed hairy. Pedicels 20-22 mm, capillaceous. Ca­lyx ± densely shortly appressed hairy; tube 2-2.3 mm; lobes narrowly triangular, 2-2.3 mm. Corolla blue; standard elliptic, 11-12.5 mm, apex obtuse; wings 11-12.5 mm, clawed at base; keel incurved, 15-17 mm, clawed at base. Vexillary stamen connate to tube at base for ca. 1/6 of its length. Ovary narrowly ovoid, ca. 3 mm, shortly appressed hairy; style incurved, ca. 10 mm. Legume obliquely obovoid, shortly appressed hairy, apex acute. Fl. and fr. Aug-Oct.

● Mixed forests; ca. 2300 m. W Yunnan.