
قتاد خطافي
Astragalus hamosus

الفصيلة بقولية · Fabaceae
© Ramy Maalouf 2020 - 2026
© Ramy Maalouf 2020 - 2026
© Ramy Maalouf 2020 - 2026
© Ramy Maalouf 2020 - 2026
© Ramy Maalouf 2020 - 2026
© Ramy Maalouf 2020 - 2026
Morphology: Annual herb, 20–30 cm tall, with erect, branched stems and stiff, spreading glandular hairs. Leaves petiolate, the lowest simple and the others trifoliolate. Leaflets oblong-elliptic and obtuse, the central leaflet larger. Stipules entire, at least the upper ones. Flower stalks single-flowered, with a long awn, equalling the subtending leaf or slightly shorter. Calyx lobes lanceolate, five times as long as the tube and exceeding the corolla; the whole flower reaches 1 cm. Pods pendulous, hispid and shortly cylindrical, about 1.5 cm long and 4–5 mm wide, with 10–12 rough seeds.
Habitat: Fields and degraded woodland. No numerical elevation range is specified in Mouterde’s account.
Distribution in Lebanon: Three kilometres north of Tyre; Nahr Damour; Beirut; Chemlan; Araya; Baabda; Jamhour; Bhamdoun; above Antelias; Ibl es-Saki; Blaouzé; Zellaya-Yohmor.
Distribution in Syria: Tartous; Bhamra; Safita; north of Ouadi Qandil. Mouterde also cites Damascus with a question mark, indicating an uncertain record.
Recorded locations: Horsh Ehden.
Native range: Mediterranean region to Iran. POWO lists Albania, Algeria, the Balearic Islands, Cyprus, the East Aegean Islands, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Crete, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, the northwestern Balkan Peninsula, Palestine, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, Sinai, Spain, Tunisia, Türkiye and European Türkiye.