Fabaceae

Astragalus macrourus

Astragalus macrourus

Astragalus L. Astragalus macrourus FISCH. ET MEY. Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 6 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 7 Habitat: dağ bozkırı, şistli tepe etekleri Minimum yükseklik: 1500 Maksimum yükseklik: 2600 Endemik: - Element: İran-Turan Türkiye dağılımı: D. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Ermenistan, K. İran Bulunduğu kareler:B7 B8 B9 C10

A. macrourus Fisch. & Mey. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 11:346 (1838). Syn: A. cylindraceııs C. A. Meyer, Verz. Pfl. Cauc. 143 (1831) non DC. (1802). Ic: Fl. URSS 13: t. 19 f. 1 (1946). Figure 1, p. 91.   Ascending or erect, scapose or subcauiescent perennial, with a simple, woody caudex. Leaves 12-25 cm; leaflets (6-)10-20 mm, elliptic, sparsely adpressed simple-pilose to densely spreading-villous, 18-25-paired; stipules 12-14 mm, lanceolate. Peduncles 22-28 cm xc. 3 mm, stout. Inflorescence a dense, cylindrical, 30-40-flowered spike. Bracts 5-7 mm, lanceolate. Calyx 9-12 mm, tubular to tubular-campanulate, simpie-villous, with spreading black and white hairs, teeth 1.5-4 mm. Corolla cream, yellow, or rarely violet: standard 18-22 mm, contracted above and appearing ligulately attenuate. Legume c. 9x4 mm, ovoid, densely white-pilose; beak c. 2 mm. curved. Fl. 6-7. Mountain steppe, shaley hillsides, etc., 1500-2600 m.   Type: [Soviet Azerbaijan] in aridis lapidosis provinciae Talysch, Hohenacker.   A very variable and complex species. We have recognised three groups without assigning to them formal taxonomic rank since, without further study, we cannot be certain either of the rellability of the characters used or to which group the type belongs. (Kemaliye), Sint. 1890:2712. B8 Erzurum: 15 km from Erzurum to Pasinler, 1950 m, D. 47467! B9 Ağri: nr. Suluçem, 1850 m, D. 47237! B10 Ağri: Doğu-bayazit, 1600 m, Karamanoğlu 66-74! C2 Denizli: Honaz Da., 1250 m, Sorger 65-15-65! C3 Burdur: 21 km from Burdur to Antalya, 1150 m, Hub.-Mor. 5317! C4 Konya: Konya to Çumra, Küçük Köy, 980 m, Halbaek 2487! C5 Adana: Bürüçek, 1040 m, Balls 1319!   Soviet Armenia, Georgia, N. & N.W. Iran.