Astragalus ordosicus H.C.Fu

Plants 10-20 cm tall, subacaulescent. Stems very short. Leaves 10-22 cm; stipules 8-12 mm, white hairy; petiole 4-6 cm; leaflets in 9-17 pairs, obovate to elliptic, 6-12 × 3-6 mm, both surfaces covered with spreading hairs. Racemes many, sessile, 1-or 2-flowered; bracts ca. 12 mm, loosely white hairy. Calyx ca. 12 mm, densely covered with spreading hairs; teeth ca. 4 mm. Petals yellow; standard oblong-obovate, 20-22 × ca. 5 mm, slightly constricted in middle, without distinct claw, apex emarginate; wings ca. 20 mm; keel ca. 18 mm. Legumes ses­sile, ovoid, 10-15 mm, with a short, slightly curved beak; valves densely covered with spreading white hairs.