Galega L.
Perennial herbs. Lvs imparipinnate; leaflets entire; lateral veins thin and straight ± to leaflet margin; stipules small or foliaceous. Infl. axillary or terminal, racemose; bracts narrow, often persisting. Calyx campanulate, with 5 subequal teeth. Corolla white, blue, purplish or pinkish blue. Stamens connate into a closed tube; anthers uniform or alternately smaller. Style incurved, glabrous; stigma terminal. Pod 2-valved, not armed, dehiscent, ± straight; seeds estrophiolate.
6 spp., C. and S. Europe to Pakistan, mountains of E. Africa. Naturalised sp. 1.
