Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus

Fabaceae

Lotus corniculatus
var. corniculatus

Lotus L.
Lotus corniculatus L. var. corniculatus (BIEB.) ARC.
Ömür: Çok yıllık
Yapı: ot
Hayat formu:
İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 6
Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 8
Habitat: dağlık yamaçlar ve çayırlıklr
Minimum yükseklik: 0
Maksimum yükseklik: 2500
Endemik: -
Element: ?
Türkiye dağılımı: Anadolu
Genel dağılımı: Avrupa, K. Afrika, B. ve O. Asya
Bulunduğu kareler : A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C8 C9 C10

L. corniculatus L., Sp. PI. 776 (1753). Zertova, op. cit. (1967).
  Glabrous to pubescent perennial, decumbent, ascending or erect, not stoloni-ferous, stems up to 50 cm, solid. Leaflets (of the main stem) from narrow-lanceolate to lanceolate, oblanceolate or obovate, without evident lateral veins, varying in size. Umbels 1-7-flowered, on peduncles much longer than subtending leaves. Bracts usually 3, narrow and short, about as long as calyx. Flowers (7-)9-13(-15) mm. Calyx subcampanulate. with teeth c. 1-1½ x tube. Corolla about 2 x calyx, yellow to goiden-yellow, often turning green on drying, sometimes red; standard longer than keel and wings, often red-veined: keel strongly arched, with fairly long beak, slightly longer than wings. Legume 15-30 x 1.5-2 mm, straight, terete. 2/7 = 12, 24. Fl. (4)5-8(9).
  The almost impossible task of the division of the L. corniculatus complex has been pointed out repeatedly. Many botanists have subdivided it into a large number of species which differ only very little from one another. Here L. corni-culatus is treated as a polymorphic species comprising a spectrum of different forms that can be provisionally grouped under three varieties, connected by intermediates. All three varieties occur in the Euro-Siberian, Mediterranean and Irano-Turanian regions, but usually grow in different habitats.
1. Upper leaflets obovate, obtuse or apiculate; umbels 2-7-flowered; flowers 8-15 mm; stems sturdy
   2. Stems up to 20 cm; leaflets small, not exceeding 7 x 3 mm, usually ± densely hairy; umbels (l-)2-4-flowered; flowers 8-11 mm var. alpinus
   2. Stems more than 20 cm; leaflets larger, usually sparsely hairy or subglabrous; umbels usually (3-)4-7-flowered; flowers 10-15 mm var. corniculatus
1. Upper leaflets narrowly oblong or oblanceolate, often subacuminate; umbels l-3(-5)-flowered; flowers 7-10 mm; stems slender var. tenuifolius
var. corniculatus. Syn: L. corniculatus var. hirsutus Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 178 (1836). Ic: Fiori, Ic. Fl. Ital. ed. 2: f. 2025 (1921); Ross-Craig, Draw. Brit. P1. 7: t. 43 (1954). Fl. 6-8. Mountain slopes and meadows, s.1.-2500 m. ■ Described from Europe. Type in Hb. Cliff.! - without fruits.
Widespread in Anatolia. A3 Bolu: above Mudurnu, 1250 m, D. 37083! A4 Ankara: Kizilcahamam to Çamkoru, 1300 m, Alpay 267. A5 Amasya: nr. Havza, 675 m, M. Zohary & G. Orshan 10724! A6 Ordu: Fatsa to Aybasti, 450 m, Tobey 1358! A8 Rize: Yetimhoca (Çimil), 2100 m, D. 20194! A9 Kars: Yağmurlu Da., 2100 m, D. 32604! Bl Balikesir: Mt. Ida (Kaz Da.) nr. Kareikos, Sint. 1883:632! B2 Kütahya: Kütahya to Tavşanli, 800-900 m, D. 36136! B4 Ankara: 24 km SE of Ankara, steppe, 1300 m, M. Zohary & Orshan 27211! B5 Niğde: above Maa-den, 17C0 m, Siehe 1898:161! B7 Erzincan: 55 km E of Erzincan, 1440 m, M. Zohary & Plitmann 2664-20! B8 Erzurum: Muş to Erzurum, nr. Tepekö, M. Zohary 57/1312. B9 Bitlis: Bitlis to Tatvan, 1750 m, D. 222078! C2 Denizli: Denizli, Birand 1943:72! C4 Konya: Karaman to Mut, 1430 m, M. Zohary 290114! C5 Cilicia, Siehe 1895:152! C6 Maraş: d. Göksün, Hobek Da., 1700 m, D. 20194! C8 Mardin: 24 km from Mardin to Diyarbakir, 1000 m, D. 28833! C9 Hakkari: Cilo Da. above Sua, 2440 m, D. 24298! C10 Hakkari: 32 km from Yüksekova to Šemdinli, 1750 m, D. 45073!
  Some plants of L. corniculatus from the easternmost part of Anatolia resemble those sometimes treated as L. caucasicus Kuprian., at least in their habit and the large size of their flowers (c. 15 mm) with long-ciliate calyces. Examples include: B8 Erzurum: 29 km from Hinis to Pasinler, 1800 m, D. 46381! B9 Van: Timar, 1750 m, D. 44198! B10 Van: 3-4 km NE of Bajkale, 2300 m, D. 44519! C10 Hakkari: Nehil Çayi, 175 m, D. 44927! Here we prefer to include them within the variable L. corniculatus var. corniculatus, the most polymorphic variety accepted here.