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Astragalus gummifer LAB |
 Astragalus gummifer LAB |
 Astragalus gummifer LAB |
Astragalus L. |
| A. gummifer Lab. in J. Phys. 46 (1790). Syn: A. erianthus Willd., Sp. Pl._ 3:1332 (1802); A. adpressus Ehrenb. ex Walp.. Ann. 4:502 (1857); A. noemiae Eig var. brantii Eig, Astrag. Near East 75 (1955). Figure 1, p. 91. Map 26, p. 113. Low umbraciform shrub, up to 30 cm. Leaf rachis spiny, 2-5 cm, straight, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Leaflets 5-8(-10) mm, elliptic, usually mucronate, glabrescent, 4-7-paired. Stipules 7-9 mm, triangular-ovate, glabrous or white-hairy. Flowers 2-3 per leaf axil, in lax, ovoid to oblong, 8-20-flowered inflorescences. Bracts 4-6(-8) mm, ovate-orbicular, navicular, bilobed, glabrous or white-hairy. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 5-7 mm, white-pilose to the base; calyx lobes divided almost to the base. Standard 10-12 mm; platonychioid. Legume unknown. Fl. 6-8. Forests, pastures, steppe, hill slopes, 1300-1800 m. Type: 'Syria' [Lebanon], Labillardiére. Mainly E. Anatolia. Kurdistan, Brant (type of A. noemiae var. brantii)! B5 Kayseri: Kelgin köy, 1740 m, Gözler (ISTF 12034)! B6 Maraş: 27 km from Göksun to Elbistan, 1320 m, Hub.-Mor. 11917! B7 Erzincan: Kemaliye, Sint. 2716! B8 Bingöl: 50 km S of Bingöl, 1340 m, Zohary & Plitmann 2065-20! B9 Bitlis: 15 km from Tatvan to Ahlat, 1750 m, McNeill 518! C4 Içel: d. Mersin, Ermenek to Anamur, 1300 m, D. 14717! C5 Niğde: Bereketli, 1700 m, Bornm. 1938:416. C6 Maraş: Berit Da., 1800 m, 6 vii 1865, Hausskn! C7 Diyarbakir: Karacadağ, 1800 m, E. S. Brown 624! C9 Hakkari: Zap Gorge below Hakkari, 1400 m, D. 45459! C10 Hakkari: Bacirge, 1700-1800 m. D. 45274! Lebanon. Ir.-Tur. element. A. gummifer var. villosus Širj. (Feddes Rep. 47:207, 1939), distinguished from the type on its hairy rather than glabrous stipules and bracts, is not considered worth maintaining, since roth hairy and glabrous stipules and bracts can be found on single plants. Gum tragacanth is extracted from this species. |