Astragalus mesogitanusBoiss. Aydın geveni (in Turkish)

Astragalus mesogitanusBoiss. - Aydın geveni (in Turkish)

Scientific Description:

Procumbent or ascending, caulescent perennial, woody at the base; stems up to 15 cm. Leaves 1−6 cm; leaflets 3−10 mm, narrowly elliptic, subadpressed to adpressed bifurcate-hairy, 4−11-paired; stipules 5−7 mm, ovate-triangular. Peduncles 1−5 × as long as the subtending leaf. Inflorescence a dense, globose raceme of 7−15 shortly pedicellate flowers, elongating in fruit. Bracts 2−5 mm, lanceolate to ovate. Calyx 7−10 mm, tubular, subadpressed to spreading, black and white bifurcate-hairy; teeth 2−4 mm, linear. Corolla violet or lavender; standard 15−20 mm, hairy on dorsal surface. Legume 5−9 × 2−3 mm, ovoid, compressed, spreading white bifurcate-pilose; beak 2−5 mm.

 

Flowering time: May−July.

Habitat: Woods, meadows, steppe, 950−1560 m.

Public Description:

Astragalus mesogitanus, is an endemic species to Türkiye and commonly known as “Aydın geveni” in Turkish. It is a perennial herb with violet or lavender flowers, and grows up to 15 cm in length. It blooms between May and July and is found in woods, meadows and steppe.

References:

Anonymous (2018). http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=2783, Accessed date: 05.02.2018.

Aytaç Z, Ekici M, Akan H (2012). Astragalus (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. 427-456.