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Astragalus mollis BIEB. |
 Astragalus mollis BIEB. |
Astragalus L. |
| A. mollis Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 3:495 (1819). Syn: A. eriocarpııs Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 2:196 (1808) non DC. (1802); A. chrysotrichus Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(2):75 (1843); A. iranicus Bunge, Astrag. Geront. 2:92 (1869); A. longibrac-teatus Somm. & Lev. in Acta Horti Petrop. 13:192 (1894); A. suluklensis Freyn & Sint. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2(4):451 (1904). Figure 1, p. 91. Erect, sparsely hairy, perennial herb, 15-30 cm. Leaves 15-20 cm; leaflets 10-20 mm, elliptic, acute or obtuse, sparsely white spreading simple-hairy, 13-18-paired; stipules 8-10 mm, triangular-lanceolate, united at the base. Peduncles 6-17 cm. Flowers subsessile, in a dense, cylindrical, 20-35-flowered raceme or spike. Bracts 5-10 mm, lanceolate. Calyx 11-13 mm, tubular, sparsely black and white simple-villous; teeth 3-5 mm, linear. Corolla greenish-yellow or yellowish violet; standard 18-22 mm, not contracted above. Legume 10-12 x 5-6 mm, ovoid, white simple-pilose; beak c. 3 mm. Fl. 7. Steppe, igneous slopes, 1800-2050 m. Type: [Georgia] in Iberiae collibus, circa Tiflin, D. Steven (holo. LE!). Mainly E. Anatolia. A7 Gümüşane: Demerschidkoie (Demirciköy), Sigana-dağ (Zigana Da.), Sint. 1889:1365! A9 Kars: 8 km from Kars to Susuz, 1800 m, D. 20624! B9 Ağri: 3 km E of Taşliçay, 1700 m, D. 43529! Bitlis: by Van G., 24 km W of Erciş, 2000 m, Cheese & Watson 1394! 7-10 km E of Erçek, 2050 m, D. 44367! B10 Kars: Pamuk Da., Iğdir to Doğubayazit, 1650 m, D. 43930! N. Iraq, N. & W. Iran, Soviet Armenia, Azerbaijan. Ir.-Tur. element. Distinguished from A. tauricolus and A. macrourus by its non-attenuate standard. |