Fabaceae

Astragalus densifolius

Astragalus L. Astragalus densifolius LAM. Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 5 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 6 Habitat: karışık ormanlık yerler, bozkır, kireçtaşı yamaçları Minimum yükseklik: 1200 Maksimum yükseklik: 2400 Endemik: endemik Element: İran-Turan Türkiye dağılımı: Karasal Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Türkiye Bulunduğu kareler:A4 A5 A8 B5 B6 B7 B8 C6

A. densifolius Lam., Encycl. 1:317 (1783). Syn: A. acaulis Vahl, Symb. 1:60 (1790); A. chrysophyllus Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(9):38 (1849)! Map 19, p. 73.   Scapose perennial with branched woody caudex. Leaves 6-14 cm; leaflets 1-6 mm, broadly oblong to orbicular, deeply notched at the apex, simple-lanate. 30-40-paired; stipules 8-14 mm, lanceolate-acuminate. Peduncles 4-15 cm. Inflorescence a dense, ovoid to globose, 10-30-flowered spike. Bracts c. 8 mm, linear-lanceolate. Calyx 8-12 mm, tubular, sparsely pilose; teeth 3-4 mm, linear.Corolla white to mauve or purple: standard 12-14 mm. Legume c. 12 mm. ovoid; beak c. 2 mm. curved. Fl. 5-6. Mixed woodland, steppe, limestone slopes. 1200-2400 m.   Type: Armenia, Tournefort (a specimen seen at BM may be an isotype).   Mainly Inner Anatolia, except the extreme East. A4 Çankiri: Çankiri to Ilgaz, 1500 m, D. 21481! A5 Çorum: Alagöz Da., N of Çorum, 1500 m, Coode & Jones 1948! A8 Gümüşane: nr. Gümüşane, Huet! B5 Kayseri: 23 km from Kayseri to Kırşehir, Sorger 64-23-15! B6 Sivas: Pınarbaşı, 1300 m, Stn. & Rend. 5144! Malatya: 16 km from Akçadağ to Darende, 1450-1520 m, Hub.-Mor. 9001! B7 Erzincan: Egin (Kemaliye), Sint. 1890:2410! Tunceli: Pertek to Tunceli, 1500 m, D. 29159! Elaziğ: nr. Harput, Noë 971! B8 Erzurum: 'Erzurum', Cal-vert. C6 Gaziantep: Aintab (Gaziantep), Aucher 1351 (type of A. chrysophyllus Boiss.)! Maraş: Keşiş Da.. SE of Göksun, 1760 m, Hub.-Mor. 11932!   Endemic; Ir.-Tur. element. Related to A. coadunatus and A. amasiensis. Boissier describes the legume of A. densifolius as being c. 7 mm long, including the beak. In this A. densifolius would clearly differ from A. chrysophyllus, in which the legumes are c. 14 mm. Since we have not seen any authentic fruiting material of A. densifolius, we are unable to confirm this difference, and have therefore reduced A. chrysophyllus to a synonym of A. densifolius.