| Fabaceae |
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Astragalus globosus VAHL |
Astragalus L. |
| A. globosus Vahl, Symb. 1:60 (1790). Map 45, p. 223. Dwarf, scapose, perennial herb with a branched, woody caudex. Leaves 3-9 cm; leaflets 5-9 mm, narrowly elliptic, densely white adpressed bifurcate-pilose, 12-18-paired; stipules c. 7 mm, ovate-lanceolate, adnate to the petioles. Peduncles 5-14 cm. Inflorescence c. 2-3 cm diam., a dense, globose, 15-35-flowered spike. Bracts c. 7 mm, lanceolate. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 6-8 mm, campanu-late, long white simple-villous with short black adpressed bifurcate hairs; teeth c. 3 mm, linear. Corolla pale yellow; standard 16-18 mm, lamina oblong. Legume c. 7 x 3 mm, ovoid, long white simple-strigillose with short black adpressed bifurcate hairs; beak c. 3 mm, strongly curved. Fl 6-7. Mountainous regions, 1990-2750 m. Type: [Turkey] 'Armenia', Tournefort. N.E. & E. Anatolia. A9 Kars: Surb Khach, Litvinov (photo!). B7 Erzincan: Sipikör Da.. 1990 m, Hub.-Mor. 11906! B8 Erzurum: -nr. Erzurum', Calvert & Zohrab! B9 Van: Artos Da., 2750 m, D. 22720! Endemic; Ir.-Tur. element? In facies resembling A. bicolor, but differing in its stipules adnate to the petioles. Precise affinities uncertain. |