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Trifolium trichocephalum BIEB. |
Trifolium trichocephalum BIEB. |
 Trifolium trichocephalum BIEB. |
Trifolium L. |
| T. trichocephalum Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 2:212 (1808). Syn: T. tricho-cephalum Bieb. var. macrophyllum Hossain & var. lonchophyllum Hossain in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 23:407 (1961). Ic: Gib. & Belli in Mem. Accad. Sci. Torino ser. 2(39):426, t. 9, f. 3 (1889). Figure 6, p. 417. Map 87, p. 423. Erect or ascending perennial, 30-70 cm. Stipules ovate-oblong, free portion gradually tapering into a subula. Leaflets of the lower leaves 3-4 cm, ovate to elliptic, retuse, those of the upper leaves elliptic to lanceolate. Inflorescence ovoid, 1.5-2 cm wide, sessile. Calyx cylindrical-camDanulate, 10-nerved, villous, closed by a 2-lipped callosity, the teeth unequal, lanceolate-subulate, blunt. Corolla cream, 20-25 mm, c. 2 x as long as the calyx. Fl. 5-7. Meadows, woods and swampy soil, 1670-2600 m. Type: [Georgia] in Caucasi iberici alpestribus, 1800 m, Mussin-Puschkin (LE, photo!). N. & E. Anatolia. A7 Trabzon: between Trabzon and Meryemana, 1700 m, Alpay (ANKO 2604)! A9 Erzurum: 22 km from Horasan to Karaurgan, 2000 m, D. 29507! Kars: 10 km from Sarikamiş to Karakurt, 2050 m, D. 46546! B8 Muş: between Molla-Ali and Koniso-Ipo, 7 vi 1916, Schischkin; Erzurum: W of Iliça, 6 viii 1967, Rossi B9 Erzurum: E of pass between Ağri and Horasan, 2250 m, Lomond 2578! Ağri: 2 km S W of Hamur, 1670 m, D. 44021! Van: 30 km from Başkale to Hoşap, S of pass, 2600 m, D. 45922! B10 Ağri: Doğubayazit to Iğdir, 2050 m, M. Zohary & Plitmann 2265-74! Caucasia, W. Iran. From the description it appears that T. parantzemae Azn., described from B9 Van: Baghlar, Tchitouny 51, is no more than a large-flowered form of T. trichocephalum. |