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Astragalus asciocalyx BUNGE |
Astragalus L. |
| A. asciocalyx Bunge, Astrag. Geront. 2:234 (1869). Ascending, caulescent herb up to 15 cm, with a woody caudex; stems 2-3 cm. Leaves 2-10 cm; leaflets 7-12 mm oblong, ±spreading white bifurcate-pilose, 7-10-paired: stipules 4-7 mm, triangular, joined to c. halfway. Flowers in sub-globose, 9-15-flowered racemes. Bracts 2-5 mm, lanceolate. Calyx 8-10 mm, tubular, becoming inflated, black and white ± spreading simple-piiose: teeth2-3 mm, subulate. Corolla violet; standard 20-25 mm, glabrous. Ovary ±spreading white-pilose. Fl. 5-7. Steppe, stony slopes, 1400-2600 m. Type: [Turkey] in Cappadocia australi, 1837, Aucher 1314 (holo. G! iso. K! iso. BM!). Mainly E. Anatolia, scarce in N., C, & S. Anatolia. A2(A) Bursa: Mt. Olympus (Ulu Da.), anon. (W)! A6 Sivas: Şerefiye Y. to Suşehri, 43 km N of Zara, 1880 m, Hııb.-Mor. 11909! A7 Gümüşane: Stavri, 2060 m, Balls 504! A8 Gümüşane: Aghakoei, Sint. 1894:5959! B5 Adana: Gürümze, 1400 m, Kotschy 162! B7 Malatya: 12 km from Arabkir to Malatya, 1420-1500 m, Hııb.-Mor. 9129! Erzincan: Egin (Kemaliye), Sint. 1890:2660! Elaziğ: Kharput (Harput), Sint. 1889: 337! C9 Hakkari: 10 km from Hakkari to Kaval (Piyannis), 2400 m, D. 45412! C10 Hakkari: pass between Bacirge and Yüksekova, 2600 m, Cheese & Watson 2950! Endemic; Ir.-Tur. element. Resembling A. canescens; some forms can only be distinguished by their inflated calyces. |