Astragalus hamosus
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The hook tragacanth ( Astragalus hamosus ) is a plant of the genus Astragalus ( Astragalus ), and the family of the Leguminosae (Fabaceae).
features
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Astragalus hamosus is an annual stem therophyte that usually grows prostrate and reaches a height of 10 to 60 centimeters. The leaves are unpinnate. The 19 to 23 feathers are elongated-egg-shaped, truncated or bordered, glabrous on top and silvery hairy on the underside. The inflorescence is a more or less dense, 5 to 14-flowered cluster. The flag is yellow and 7 to 8 millimeters in size. The sleeves are 20 to 50 × 2 to 3 millimeters in size, linear, nodding and curved upwards in the shape of a hook. The flaps have no keel.
The flowering period extends from March to May.
The chromosome number is 2n = 24, 32, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48 or 88.
Occurrence
The species occurs in southern and eastern Europe, in North Africa, on the Canary Islands and Madeira, in western and central Asia, in the Caucasus and on the Arabian Peninsula. It grows in olive groves, pastures and fallow land.
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 hamosus at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ^ Astragalus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
Web links
- Tilo botanica [1]