| Fabaceae |
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 Astragalus declinatus WILLD. |
 Astragalus declinatus WILLD. |
 Astragalus declinatus WILLD. |
Astragalus L. |
| A. declinatus Willd., Sp. PL 3:1294 (1802). Scapose to shortly caulescent perennial with a simple or branched, woody caudex; stems c. 5 cm. Leaves 5-15 cm; leaflets 5-16 mm, narrowly elliptic, obtuse or acute, shortly simple-villous below, glabrous above, 15-28-paired; stipules 6-8 mm, narrowly triangular-lanceolate. Peduncles 1-3 cm. Flowers pedicellate, in 5-10-flowered racemes. Bracts 6-8 mm, linear-lanceolate. Calyx 11-13 mm, tubular, sparsely white, simple-villous; teeth 3-4 mm, linear. Corolla yellow; standard 15-20 mm. Style evenly hairy below the stigma. Legume 15-20 mm, ellipsoid, sparsely villous, sessile; beak 2-4 mm. Fl. 6-8. Mountain steppe, stony slopes, etc., 1600-2900 m. Type: 'Armenia", Tournefort. N. & E. Anatolia. A7 Gümüşane: Karagöl Da., Sint. 1894:7147! A8 Gümü-şane: Maden Da., 2900 m. Balls 545! A9 Kars: 14 km from Sarikamiş to Hora-san, 2300 m, Hub.-Mor. 16127! B7 Erzincan: Egin (Kemaliye), Sint. 1890:2531! B9 Van: Çuhgediği pass, Hoşap to Başkale, 2300-2880 m, Hub.-Mor, 11428! Bitlis: between Erciş and Patnos, 1980 m, M. Zolıary & Plitmann! Erzurum: Çakmak Da., above Karayseri, 2900 m, Cheese & Watson 1661! Muş: between Later and Egurt-Gemaz, 2200 m, 12 vi 1916, Schischkin. C9 Hakkari: Hoz, between Hasitha (Ashuti) and Şatak, 2750 m, Nábelek 3112! Soviet Armenia, Ir.-Tur. element. A specimen from A9/B8 Erzurum: Pasinler to Horasan, 1650 m, D. 29438!, which differs in having elongate, c. 15-flowered racemes, probably belongs to this species. |