| Fabaceae |
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Lathyrus chloranthus BOISS. |
Lathyrus L. |
| L. chloranthus Boiss., Diagn. ser. 2(6) 67 (1859). Ic: Fl. Azerb. 5: t. 49 (1954). Figure 3, p. 323. Map 79, p. 363. Erect or scrambling annual, patently pilose, 17-70 cm. Stems winged. Leaves ending in 3-sect or pinnately branched tendrils; leaflets elliptic, 20-60 x 7-22 mm; stipules lanceolate-subulate, shortly semi-sagittate. Peduncles 1-2-flowered, usually aristate, at least as long as the leaflets. Calyx 9-11 mm; teeth subequal, ovate-lanceolate acuminate, l½-2 x as long as tube, ± patent. Corolla bright yellow or sulphur, 15-24 mm; standard entire, pubescent on back. Legume linear-oblong, 43-50 x 6-9 mm, tuberculate-pilose; style 7 x 0.4 mm, twisted. Seeds 5-9, papillose. Fl. 6-7. Banks and scrub by streams, igneous slopes, wheatfields, 600-1800 m. Syntypes: [Turkey B2 Uşak] inter segetes ad Yachamichlar Keui prope Ouchak Phrygiae, Balansa (K!), circa Erzurum [B8 Erzerum], Calvert in Boiss. herb. Inner Anatolia and periphery, always local. A8 Çoruh: Yusufeli, 600 m, Guichard T/121/62a! B3 Konya: Akşehir, 1000 m, Bornm. 1899:4374. B4 Ankara: Kezlar-pounare, vi 1906, Frères E.C.! B7 Tunceli: S of Ovacik, 1800 m, D. 31560 (unicate)! B8 Muş: d. Varto, Gumgum in Tschabor Su valley, 1400 m, Kotschy 427! nr. Teng, 1520 m, Kotschy 443! B9 Van: 5 km N of Şatak, D. 23198 (unicate)! C3 Isparta: 15 km S of Şarki Karaağaç, 1100 m, Sor ger 64-40-2. C6 Maraş: Berit Da., 910 m, 16 viii 1865, Hausskn.! N. Iraq, Iran, Soviet Armenia. Ir.-Tur. element. This large-flowered species, as well as L. chrysanthus and L. trachycarpus, would make handsome garden plants. |