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Vicia anatolica TURRILL |
 Vicia anatolica TURRILL |
Vicia L. |
| V. anatolica Turrill in Kew Bull. 1:8 (1927). Syn: V. hajastana Grossh. in Beih. Bot. Centr. 44(2): 224 (1928). Densely adpressed-pilose annual, 12-40 cm, ascending to erect. Leaflets 4-8-paired, 5-20x1-3 mm, obovate to linear, truncate, retuse or obtuse; stipules c. 2 mm, ovate; tendrils simple. Peduncle obsolescent. Pedicels shorter than calyx. Flower l(-2), 15-18 mm, ± bicoloured. Calyx 7-8 mm, with an oblique mouth, rather gibbous, adpressed-pubescent; teeth almost as long as or shorter than tube, narrowly linear-lanceolate. Standard with the limb adpressed-pubescent on the upper surface, yellow, narrow, c.2/3 as long as claw;wings dark brown(sepia) at apex. Legume oblong-subrhomboid,(20-) 25-30 x 7-8 mm, densely adpressed-pilose-villous. Seeds (3-)6. Fl. 4-6. Quercus aegilops scrub, steppe, dry igneous scree, roadsides, etc., 800-2000 m. Holotype: [Turkey B4 Ankara] Chankaya (Çankaya) nr. Angora (Ankara), 10-20 v 1926, Lindsay 51 (K!). Scattered in Inner & S.W. Anatolia. A5 Çorum: 13 km from Çorum to Iskilip, 1000 m, Coode& Jones 173O! B9 Bitlis: Kisvak Da., 9 km NE of Tatvan, 2000 m, Cheese & Watson 1316! Mardin: 24 km from Mardin to Diyarbakir, 1000 m, D. 28848! C2 Denizli: Honaz Da., 1300 m, Sorger 66-8-48. Antalya: steppe nr. Gömbe, ! 150 m, Sorger 63-28-44. Soviet Armenia. C. Asia. Ir.-Tur. element. Allied to V. pannonica. but resembling V. melanops in flower colour. |