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Astragalus icmadophilus HAND.-MAZZ. |
 Astragalus icmadophilus HAND.-MAZZ |
Astragalus icmadophilus HAND.-MAZZ. |
| A. icmadophilus Hand.-Mazz. in Ann. Nat. Hofmus. Wien 27:73 (1913). Figure 1, p. 91. Dwarf shrub with glabrous branches, up to 20 cm. Leaves 4-7 cm; rachis spiny; leaflets 4-8 mm obovate to cuneate, obtuse or recuse, sparsely simple-sericeous when young, becoming glabrous, S-11-paired: stipules 7-12 mm, triangular-ovate, membranous, ciliate. Inflorescence globose, with 8-15 sessile flowers. Bracts 6-8 mm, ovate, membranous, glabrous. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 8-10 mm, tubular, with short black±spreading simple hairs; teeth 2-5 mm, narrowly triangular to linear. Corolla white or pinkish, sometimes with yellow keel; standard 18-20 mm. Legume 11-13 x 3-4 mm, oblong, straight, glabrous; beak c. 1 mm. Fl. 7-8. Rocky slopes, 1200-3500 m. Syntypes: [Turkey B8 Bitlis] Meleto (Meretung) Dagh im Sassun, Vilajet Bitlis, häufig auf nivalem Humus von der Jaila am Westhange bis gegen den Gipfel, 2500-3100 m, 11 viii 1910, Handel-Mazzetti 2793 (W!); [B9] Agerow Dagh bei Müküs, Vilajet Wan, 1200 m, Kotschy 1859:928 (W!). E. Anatolia (mainly S.E.). B7 Tunceli: Munzur Da., above Ovacik, 2700 m, D. 31252! B9 Van: Kavuşşahap Da., S of Pisvanik, N. side above Arpit, 2600m, Cheese & Watson 3551! C10 Hakkari: Cilo Da., 10 km W of Cilo Tepe, 3500 m, D. 24155! Endemic; Ir.-Tur. element. Allied to A. rechingeri. |