Astragalus epiglottis
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Astragalus epiglottis is a plant from the family of legumes (Fabaceae).
features
Astragalus epiglottis is an annual stem therophyte that reaches a height of 5 to 25 centimeters. The leaves are 20 to 40 millimeters in size and pinnate unpaired. The 11 to 21 feathers are densely pubescent. The inflorescence is a dense, more or less round grape towered over by the leaves. The flag is yellow and 3 millimeters tall. The pods are flattened and triangular-egg-shaped.
The flowering period extends from March to April.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 16.
Occurrence
The species occurs in the southern Mediterranean . It grows on Karpathos on dry wasteland.
literature
- Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 146 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Astragalus epiglottis at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis