Fabaceae |
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Astragalus odoratus LAM. |
Astragalus odoratus LAM. |
Astragalus odoratus LAM. |
Astragalus L. |
A. odoratus Lam., Encycl. 1:311 (1789). Erect, caulescent perennial, (5-)20-50 cm, with a creeping rhizome. Leaves (3-)6-12 cm; leaflets 6-18 mm, narrowly elliptic, glabrous above, sparsely adpressed-bifurcate-hairy below, 8-16-paired; stipules 6-14 mm, lanceolate, free. Peduncles (l-)6-10 cm. Inflorescence 2 •5-4 xc. 2 cm, an oblong, 25-50-flowered spike. Bracts c. 1 mm, ovate-lanceolate. Calyx 4-5 mm, tubular-campanulate, sparsely short black adpressed-hairy; teeth 0•5-1 mm, triangular. Corolla lemon yellow; standard 10-14 mm. Legume 7-9 xc. 3 mm, oblong, terete, slightly curved, sparsely white puberulous or glabrescent; beak c. 2 mm. Fl. 6-7. Marshes, water meadows, waste places, 700-1950 m. Described from the Orient. Anatolia, except the W., N.E. & S.E. A3 Bolu: mountain above Mudurnu, 1250 m, D. 37082! A5 Corum: 10 km E of Delice on Ankara to Corum rd., Jardine 369! A7 Gümüşane: in the Mavrangeli valley, Sint. 1894:5960! A9 Kars: nr. Çildir G. (Grossheim 5: map 357). B3 Afyon: c. 15 km from Çay to Afyon, c. 1000 m, Coode & Jones 2375! B4 Ankara: Şereflikoçhisar to Tuz G.. Dondurma Köy, c. 900 m. Birana & Kasapliğil 737! B5 Kayseri: Talas nr. Kayseri, 1370 m, Bails 1429! B6 Sivas: nr. Zara. 9 vii 1961, Chamberlain! B7 Elaziğ: Egin (Kemaliye), Sint. 1890:2712. B8 Erzurum: 15 km from Erzurum to Pasinler, 1950 m, D. 47467! B9 Ağri: nr. Suluçem, 1850 m, D. 47237! B10 Ağri: Doğu-bayazit, 1600 m, Karamanoğlu 66-74! C2 Denizli: Honaz Da., 1250 m, Sorger 65-15-65! C3 Burdur: 21 km from Burdur to Antalya, 1150 m, Hub.-Mor. 5317! C4 Konya: Konya to Çumra, Küçük Köy, 980 m, Halbaek 2487! C5 Adana: Bürüçek, 1040 m, Balls 1319! Soviet Armenia, Georgia, N. & N.W. Iran. Sect. Craccina Bunge. Caulescent, herbaceous, perennial herbs. Leaves impari-pinnate; leaflets simple- and bifurcate-hairy; stipules free or united below, free from the petiole. Inflorescence a pedunculate, many-flowered spike. Flowers ebracteolate. Calyx black simple-hairy, not inflated. Legume exserted from the calyx, bilocular, several-seeded. |