| Fabaceae |
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 Astragalus sachanewii SIRJ |
Astragalus sachanewii SIRJ. |
Astragalus sachanewii SIRJ. |
Astragalus sachanewii SIRJ. |
 Astragalus sachanewii SIRJ. |
Astragalus sachanewii SIRJ. |
| A. sachanewii Širj. in Feddes Rep. 52:12 (1943). Map 20, p. 73. Dwarf, prostrate, much branched, suffrutescent perennial; stems 5-10 cm. Leaves 2-3 cm; leaflets 3-5 mm, elliptic, sparsely white simple-hairy below, hairs often restricted to margins above, 5-7-paired; stipules 3-4 mm, broadly ovate, fused for most of their length. Peduncles 3-4 cm. Flowers subsessile, 5-10 in a contracted, ovoid raceme or spike. Bracts c. 2 mm, broadly lanceolate. Calyx 5-7 mm, tubular, sparsely black and white, spreading, simple-hairy; teeth c. 1 mm. Corolla cream to violet; standard 12-14 mm. Ovary white-pilose, stipitate. Legume unknown. Fl. 7-9. Earthy slopes, 2600-3300 m. Syntypes: [Turkey C9 Hakkari] Gelodagh (Cilo Da.) d. Gulamerik (Çöle-merik) ad tentiora aestive, Djezra, ad nives, 2800-2900 m, 3 iv 1910, Nábelek 3090 (BRA!); Hakkari, Kela Mame supra p. Hoz inter Hasitha et Sattak (Çatak), ad nives, c. 2600 m, 28 vii 1910, Nábélek 3104a (BRA!). S.E. Anatolia. B9 Van: Artos Da., 3050 m, D. 22827! C10 Hakkari: Kara Da., 3200 m, D. 24411! Endemic; Ir.-Tur. element. Nâbelek originally identified the type specimens of this species as A. melanocarpus Bunge. A. sachanewii was originally placed in Sect. Malacothrix. It seems, however, to be close to such species as A. flaccidus Bieb. and A. viciifolius DC. in Sect. Hypoglottis. Without mature fruit it is difficult to be certain of its exact affinities. In fades it closely resembles A. xerophilus Ledeb. in Sect. Onobrychium, but differs in its simple-hairy leaflets. |