Astragalus kurnet-es-saudae

الفصيلة بقولية · Fabaceae

معرض النبات

حقوق الصور وإسنادها

الأوراق: Leaves : Imparipinnate, short; leaflets numerous (10–20 pairs), very small, oblong to elliptic (3–6 mm), densely sericeous on both surfaces; rachis and petiole similarly hairy; stipules membranous, adnate, also densely pubescent.
الأزهار: Inflorescence & flowers : Axillary, very short racemes, few-flowered, often scarcely exceeding the leaves; peduncles short; flowers pale yellow to creamy-white; calyx tubular, densely villous with subulate teeth; corolla small, standard slightly longer than wings and keel.
الثمار والبذور: Fruit : Legumes small, ovoid, slightly inflated, densely pubescent, included or slightly exserted from the calyx; containing few seeds.

Habitat & elevation : High-mountain rocky slopes, screes, and windswept ridges on limestone; 2200–3000 m.

الفنلوجية: Phenology : Flowers from June to August; fruiting from July to September.

Endemic to Lebanon

Lebanese distribution : Endemic to the highest summits of Mount Lebanon, especially around Qurnat as Sawda.

Native range : Lebanon-Syria.

بنية النبات: Life-form & habit : Perennial dwarf chamaephyte forming dense, compact cushions; caudex woody, much-branched; stems very short, tightly packed, covered with dense silky to woolly hairs, giving a greyish to silvery aspect.
دورة الحياة: معمرة

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