Fabaceae |
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![]() Astragalus eriocephalus WILLD. subsp. eriocephalus |
![]() Astragalus eriocephalus WILLD. subsp. eriocephalus |
Astragalus L. |
A. eriocephalus Willd., Sp. PL 3:1333 (1802). Map 28, p. 127. Dwarf shrub. Leaves l.5-3(-5) cm; rachis spiny; leaflets 5-8 mm, elliptic, mucronate, both surfaces simple-villous, 4-7-paired; stipules 6-8 mm, triangular-lanceolate, white-hairy or glabrescent, joined for two-thirds of their length. Inflorescence globose or oblong, with 4-15 sessile flowers. Bracts 5-9 mm, lanceolate to linear, white-hairy at apex, sometimes purple-tipped. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 9-14 mm, tubular, white spreading-simple-pilose, often glabrescent towards base; teeth 4-8 mm, setaceous. Corolla pink; standard 10-14(-15) mm. Legume unknown. Fl. 6-8. Mountains, hilly steppe, 2000-3000 m. 1. Inflorescence globose; leaflets sparsely villous, especially when mature subsp. eriocephalus 1. Inflorescence oblong; leaflets densely villous subsp. elongatus subsp. eriocephalus. Syn: A. breviflorus DC, Astrag. 194, t. 31 (1802). Type: [Turkey] in Armenia, Tournefort, E. Anatolia. Armenia, Calvert & Zohrab! B8 Erzurum: Tech-dagh (Palandöken Da.), 2130-2440 m. Huet! ibid., 2300-2350 m, D. 47357! Muş: Bingöl Da., 2440 m, Kotschy 396! B9 Van: Gevaş, pass over Pelli Da., 2200-2300 m, Hub.-Mor. 11462! |