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Astragalus fragrans WILLD. |
Astragalus fragrans WILLD. |
Astragalus fragrans WILLD. |
 Astragalus fragrans WILLD. |
Astragalus L. |
| A. fragrans Willd., Sp. Pl. 3:1294 (1802). Syn: A. xanthinus Freyn & Bornm. in Öst. Bot. Zeitschr. 42:47 (1892). Map 47, p. 223. Prostrate, scapose, perennial herb, with a branched, woody caudex. Leaves 2.5-10 cm; leaflets 8-14 mm. linear-elliptic to narrowly elliptic, sparsely adpressed bifurcate-pilose, 10-20-paired; stipules 4-8 mm, lanceolate to broadly ovate. Peduncles 2-5 cm. Inflorescence 2-4 :<2-3 cm. a lax, globose to oblong, 10-25-flowered raceme; flowers shortly pedicellate. Bracts c. 6 mm, narrowly ovate. Calyx 8-10 mm, tubular, sparsely black adpressed or ±adpressed bifurcate-hairy; teeth 3-4 mm, setaceous. Corolla yellow or greenish yellow: standard 14-17 mm, broadly elliptic, deeply notched. Legume c. 16x4 mm, shortly cylindrical, curved, sparsely white adpressed bifurcate-pilose; beak c. 2 mm, straight. Fl. 6-7. Pinus forests, grassy slopes. 1200-3050 m. Type: [Turkey] Cappadocia. Tournefort. N.E., C. & E. Anatolia. A6 Sivas: Yildis Da., 2300 m, Bornm. 1890:2098 (type of A. xanthinus). A7 Gümüşane: Gümüşane. 1500 m, Stn. & Hend. 8430!A8 Erzurum: Tatos Da., 35 km N W of Ispir, 2400 m, Hub.-Mor. 16155! A9 Kars: Kisir Da.. 2800 m, D, 30541! B5 Yozgat: Akdağmadeni, Aktaş, Curtis 149! B6 Sivas: Bey Da., S of Zara, 2000 m, Stn. & Hend. 5284! B7 Tunceli: 5 km N of Pülümür, c. 2000 m, Hennipman et al.! B8 Muş: W. side of Bingöl Da., 2530 m, D. 46195! B9 Bitlis: Kisvak Da., 9 km NE of Tatvan, 1950 m, Cheese & Watson 1301! B10 Kars: N.E. slope of AğriDa., below Serdar Bulak, 2150 m, D. 43732! C9 Hakkari: d. Gulamerik (Çölemerik) above Hasitha (Ashuti), 1800-2000 m, Nábelek 3094. Caucasia, N.W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element. A. xanthinus, which was originally placed in Sect. Hololeuce, was reduced to a synonym of A. fragrans by its original authors (Freyn & Bornm. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 3:184, 1895) |