Fabaceae |
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Astragalus xylobasis FREYN ET BORNM. var. xylobasis FREYN ET BORNM. |
Astragalus xylobasis FREYN ET BORNM. var. xylobasis FREYN ET BORNM. |
Astragalus L. |
A. xylobasis Freyn & Bornm. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 6:984 (1898). Syn: A. xylorrhizus Freyn & Sint. in Öst. Bot. Zeitschr. 42:46 (1892) non Bunge (1880). Erect, caulescent, perennial herb, 20-35 cm, with a branched woody caudex; stems 15-30 cm. Leaves 3-6 cm; leaflets 10-20 mm, narrowly elliptic to linear, sparsely adpressed bifurcate-pilose, 4-5-paired; stipules c. 3 mm, narrowly Ian- ceolate. Peduncles 5-8 cm. Inflorescence c. 2 cm diam., a dense, globose, 10-15-flowered spike, elongating in fruit. Bracts c. 2 mm, linear. Calyx 5-8 mm, black and white, adpressed bifurcate-hairy; teeth 1-2 mm, linear. Corolla purple; standard 16-22 mm. glabrous. Legume 8-10 xc. 2.5 mm, oblong, erecto-patent, adpressed white bifurcate-hairy; beak c. 2 mm, curved. Fl. 5-7. 1. Leaflets narrowly elliptic, c. 4 mm wide at the mid-point var. xylobasis 1. Leaflets linear, c. 2 mm wide at the mid-point var. angustus var. xylobasis. Shaly slopes, meadows, etc., 450-2230 m. Type: [Turkey B7 Erzincan] Armenia Turcica, distr. Egin (Kemaliye), prope Salachlü in collibus, vii 1890, Sintenis 2721 (lecto. W!). E. & adjacent C. Anatolia. A6 Tokat: nr. Artova between Tokat and Sivas, 1300 m, 14 vi 1939. Reese! A9 Kars: 15 km from Tuzluca to Kağizman, 950 m, D. 43605! B6 Maraş: Elbistan to Derendeh, 13 vii 1906, B. Post ! Malatya: between Kavakaghatsch (Akçadağ) and Arga, 16 vii 1905, G. & B. Post ! B7 Erzincan: Egin (Kemaliye). Hoduhadundağ (Hocadur Da.), Sint. 1890:2657! B9 Erzurum: Horasan to Karaurgan, 1850 m. D. 30745! C7 Urfa: halfway betweenViranşehir and Ceylanpinar, 450-500 m, D. 42312! C10 Hakkari: 21 km from Bacirge to Yüksekova, 2230 m, D. 45236! |