GALEGAL.PROFESSOR-WEED

GALEGAL. - PROFESSOR-WEED

Scientific Description:

Ascending, much-branched herbaceous perennials. Leaves imparipinnate, petiolate; stipules herbaceous, sagittate. Inflorescence a many-flowered, pedunculate, axillary raceme; bracts c. 4 mm, linear. Calyx campanulate with 5 subequal teeth. Corolla white to purple, the standard, wings and subobtuse keel equal. Stamens monadelphous. Fruit a narrowly cylindrical legume, slightly contracted between the seeds.

Reference:

Chamberlain DF (1970). Galega L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 3: 41.

Public Description:

Galega is a genus of much-branched perennial herbaceous plant, known as “professor-weed”, and is native to central and southern Europe, western Asia and tropical east Africa. There are 5 species in the world and 1 species (1 taxon) in Türkiye. They have erect racemes of flowers in shades of white, pink, blue or mauve.

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016). https:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galega/, Accessed date: 09.02.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2016). http:/www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Leguminosae/Galega//, Accessed date: 09.02.2016.

Anonymous 3 (2016). https:/gobotany.newenglandwild.org/genus/galega/, Accessed date: 09.02.2016.

Keskin M (2012). Galega L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 461.