لمحة نباتية
- بنية النبات
- Life-form & habit : Perennial with a branched underground stem forming pseudo-rosettes, sometimes in small mats. Aerial parts densely covered with greyish, compact hairs. Leaves : With 6–9 pairs of closely set or slightly spaced, ovate, obtuse leaflets. Stipules lanceolate, shortly connate at the base. Inflorescence & flowers : Scapiform peduncles longer than the leaves, slender and rigid, reaching up to 10 cm. Capitula ovate. Bracts oblong, three times shorter than the calyx tube. Calyx : Hispid (7–9 mm), with white and black hairs; teeth three times shorter than the tube. Corolla : Pale yellowish-white, 12–15 mm; standard oblong, exceeding wings and keel. Fruit : Oblong, compressed, triangular pods with a short beak. Phenology : Flowers from June to September depending on snowmelt and altitude. Habitat & elevation : Mountain habitats, not restricted to the highest peaks. Lebanese distribution : Mi. Sir-ed-Denniyé; Mm. Neba‘ Succar above Sir, Cedars, Hasroun; Me. Col des Cèdres, Qornet es-Saouda, Jabal Sannine; Herm. Hermon summit. Regional range : Endemic to Lebanon and Hermon
- دورة الحياة
- معمرة
الفصيلة والتصنيف
- الاسم العلمي المقبول
- Astragalus lanatus
- الفصيلة
- بقولية