Astragalus graecus  Boiss. & Spruner

Family: Fabaceae

General Appearance

Astragalus graecus Boiss., it is a perennial herb up to 20-30 cm (or more) long, robust, erect or ascending, branched and woody below, densely hairy with long, crisp hairs. Leaves stipulate, usually up to 20 cm long, with mostly 21-31 leaflets, stipules membranous, lanceolate, lower broader, upper narrower, free, leaflets sub orbicular to oblong-suborbicular, 5-10 mm long, glabrous above, hairy below, alternate to almost opposite. Axillary racemes 5-19-flowered, mostly sub sessile. Flowers 2.5 cm long, pale yellow, shortly pediculate, bracteates, bracts subulate or linear, membranaceous shorter than calyx. Calyx 12-14 mm long, membranaceous, hirsute, teeth shorter than tube. Corolla twice as long as calyx, standard obviate-oblong, exceeding the keel. Ovary pubescent, oblong, 14-ovuled. Pods oblong or ovate-oblong, excluding the style.

Life Form

Ch

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Central & S. Greece, NE. Libya.

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain:  Benghazi, three hours south of the city. 1880

Notes

Wild. I have not found a recent record of this species in Libya so far.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:477663-1

Link of images: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astragalus_graecus,  https://www.gbif.org/taxon/HXZP

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Fabaceae Vol.  (86) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 75.

Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:

PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. -: 274 – under: Astragalus cyrenaicus Coss. https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica

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