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Astragalus viciifolius DC. |
Astragalus L. |
| A. viciifolius DC, Astrag. 119 (1802). Syn: A. saxatilis Freyn & Bornm. in Öst. Bot. Zeitschr. 41:405 (1891)! Prostrate perennial; stems 5-10 cm. Leaves c. 3 cm; leaflets 2.5-6 mm, oblong, bearing shortly adpressed, stiff, simple hairs on both surfaces, 7-11-paired; stipules 2-3 mm, triangular, united at the base. Peduncles 2-3 cm. Inflorescence a dense 7-10-flovvered spike. Bracts c. 2 mm, lanceolate. Calyx 7-9 mm, cylindrical, black and white, spreading, simple-hairy; teeth c. 3 mm. Corolla violet; standard 14-17 mm. Legume 12-13 mm, oblong, sparsely white-pilose, shortly beaked. Fl. 6-7. Mountainous disiricts, 1200-2300 m. Type: [Turkey A7 Giresun] Cappadocia prope Tripoli (Tirebolu), Tournefort. N.E. & C. (northern) Anatolia. A5 Amasya: Abaci Da., 1200 m, Bornm. 1890: 1865 (syntype of A. saxatilis)! A7 Gümüşane: between Beschklisse [Beşkilise] and Ardas, Sint. 1890:2104 (syntype of A. saxatilis)! A9 Çoruh: nr. Ardanuç; Kars: nr. Çildir (Grossheim 5: map 309). Georgia, Caucasus, N. Iran. The type of A. saxatilis agrees well with Russian material labelled A. viciifolius. though no ripe fruits of the former have been seen. A specimen from A9 Kars, Kisir Da., 3000 m, D. 30539!, which differs in its narrow, rather pointed leaflets, probably belongs to this species. A specimen from A9 Erzurum (d. Oltu, between Ecznoss and Pancaret, 11 vii 1915, Sosnow-sky, photo!), which has been erroneously referred by Grossheim to A. shagalensis Grossh. (a species from Soviet Armenia), is probably referable to A. viciifolius or to A. flaccidus. |