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Hedysarum erythroleucum BOISS. |
Hedysarum erythroleucumBOISS. |
 Hedysarum erythroleucum BOISS. |
Hedysarum L. |
| H. erythroleucum Boiss., Fl. Or. 2:515 (1872). Syn: H. kurdicum Rech. fil. in Bot. Jahrb. 75:335(1951)! Stems absent or very short. Leaves with 2-4 pairs of ovate-elliptic leaflets, 4-7 x 3-4 mm, with a ± dense sericeous indumentum on both surfaces; stipules scarious, brown. Scapes prostrate or procumbent, 5-12(-20) cm, clearly longer than the leaves. Inflorescence capitate, 3-5-flowered. Calyx 6-8(-10) mm with subequal teeth 1-3 x longer than tube. Corolla pinkish-purple; standard 15-19 mm; wings 10-14 mm; keel 15-18 mm. Ovary-glabrous or pilose. Fruit not known. Fl. 7. Rocky limestone, slopes and screes, 2500-3500 m. Syntypes: [Turkey C5] Taurus Cilicicus in monte Döckhe Kopri versus Har-palik, 2740 m, 21 vii 1853, Kotschy 217 (G!, K!). [Turkey C6 Maraş] Beryt Da., 2740-3100 m, 10 viii 1865, Haussknecht (G!, K!). S. and S.E. Anatolia. B6 Maraş: d. Çardak, Berit Da., 2900 m, D. 20326! Binboğa Da., 2750 m, D. 19990! B7 Erzincan: Munzur Silsölesi, Tayran Da., 2500 m, Watson et al. 3345! B9 Van: d. Gevaş, Artos Da., 3350 m, D. 22891! Bitlis/Van: 10 km SE of Pelli, 2600 m, D. 22526! B10 Van/Siirt: Kavuşşahap Da., S of Pişvanik, above Arpit, 2700 m, Watson et al. 3556! Endemic; Ir.-Tur. element? An alpine species related to H. elegans but distinguished from it by its capitate inflorescences and smaller calyces and corollas. Variable in the density of indumentum and the length of calyx teeth. Hayek (Ann. Nat. Hofm. Wien 28:163, 1914) described var. polyphyllum on a Siehe gathering from Konya, with 5-7 pairs of leaflets and a less dense indumentum; no specimens of it have been seen. Sect. Crinifera (Boiss.) B. Fedtsch. Caulescent. Stipules united. Lomentum with long setae. |