胶黄耆 jiao huang qi

Plants subacaulescent, caespitose, white sericeous. Stems 1-1.5 cm. Leaves 4-5 cm; stipules 1-1.5 mm, shortly adnate to petiole, hairy; petiole 1.5-2 cm; leaflets in (6-)8 or 9 pairs, narrowly elliptic, 5-6(-7) × 2-2.5 mm, both surfaces covered with appressed, medifixed hairs. Racemes ovoid, 3-4 cm, 4-9-flowered; peduncle 3-3.5 cm, appressed hairy; bracts 1-1.5 mm. Calyx at beginning of anthesis tubular, 9-13 mm, ca. 4 mm in diam., soon enlarging and inflated, ellipsoid to ovoid, covered with short, medifixed, appressed hairs; teeth ca. 0.5 mm. Petals pale yellowish brown when dry; standard 20-21 mm; wings 18-19 mm; keel 15-16 mm. Legumes unknown.

● Xinjiang.