Astragalus coluteoides

الفصيلة بقولية · Fabaceae

معرض النبات

حقوق الصور وإسنادها

Leb. Syr.

بنية النبات: Life-form & habit : Very small subshrub, 10–30 cm tall, somewhat canescent. Leaves : Closely spaced, imparipinnate and spiny, with 15–20 pairs of ovate to elliptical, obtuse, pubescent leaflets decreasing in size from base to apex. Stipules hyaline, undulate, shortly ovate. Inflorescence & flowers : Scapiform peduncles equal in length to the leaves, bearing 1–6 subsessile flowers. Bracts ovate, fairly broad, caducous; bracteoles linear, short, ciliate. Calyx : Reddish, about 1 cm long, with subacute teeth, exceeded by one-third by the pale pink corolla. After anthesis, the calyx becomes inflated and vesicular, flushed reddish and streaked with purple longitudinal lines. Fruit : Not described in detail, but the calyx in fruit is described as vesicular. Phenology : Flowers from May to August. Habitat & elevation : Mountain regions, especially lightly wooded areas. Lebanese distribution : Mm. Ma‘asser ech-Chouf, Cedars of Barouk, Hasroun, Berkacha, Bechnata; E. of Douma, Cedars, Forest of Ehden; Me. Above the Cedars, Upper Makmel, toward Qornet es-Saouda, ‘Aqoura to Yammouné, above Ehden, Jabal Qarnita; Herm. Base of Hermon. Syrian distribution : SE Hermon, Qala‘at Jendel; A.L. Ma‘aret el-Bach to Tala‘at Moussa, Jabal Halimé. Regional range : Endemic to Lebanon and Syria