Stipules : Nearly as large as the leaves, herbaceous, ovate-triangular, briefly tridentate.
الأوراق
Leaves : Very short, nearly sessile or shortly petiolate; 3–7 small leaflets, wedge-shaped at the base and fan-shaped at the apex, incised or deeply lobed, 2–3 mm long.
الأزهار
Inflorescence & flowers : Axillary peduncles 2 cm long, uniflorous, clearly exceeding the leaves, jointed at mid-length. Calyx gibbous at base, with long, glandular-pubescent, strongly veined teeth 2–3× longer than the short campanulate tube. Corolla rose-violet (occasionally white by albinism), 10–12 mm long; standard large, hiding the wings and keel.
الثمار والبذور
Fruit : Ovate-rhomboid pod, 10–12 mm, pubescent.
الموائل والبيئة
Habitat & elevation : Rocky habitats in high-mountain areas.
Syrian distribution : Herm. Mount Hermon (Qala‘at Jendel).
Native range : Greece, Iran, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkey. (KEW)
لمحة نباتية
بنية النبات
Life-form & habit : Perennial herb with a thickened underground rhizome; short aerial shoots (5–10 cm) ascending or prostrate, finely glandular-pubescent.