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Fabaceae

Astragalus coluteoides

Willd.

Leb. Syr.

Astragalus coluteoides Willd.

(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, Pl. CXLII nº 3; 1983)


  • Life-form & habit: Very small subshrub, 10–30 cm tall, somewhat canescent.

  • Leaves: Closely spaced, imparipinnate and spiny, with 15–20 pairs of ovate to elliptical, obtuse, pubescent leaflets decreasing in size from base to apex. Stipules hyaline, undulate, shortly ovate.

  • Inflorescence & flowers: Scapiform peduncles equal in length to the leaves, bearing 1–6 subsessile flowers. Bracts ovate, fairly broad, caducous; bracteoles linear, short, ciliate.

  • Calyx: Reddish, about 1 cm long, with subacute teeth, exceeded by one-third by the pale pink corolla. After anthesis, the calyx becomes inflated and vesicular, flushed reddish and streaked with purple longitudinal lines.

  • Fruit: Not described in detail, but the calyx in fruit is described as vesicular.
    Phenology: Flowers from May to August.

  • Habitat & elevation: Mountain regions, especially lightly wooded areas.

  • Lebanese distribution: Mm. Ma‘asser ech-Chouf, Cedars of Barouk, Hasroun, Berkacha, Bechnata; E. of Douma, Cedars, Forest of Ehden; Me. Above the Cedars, Upper Makmel, toward Qornet es-Saouda, ‘Aqoura to Yammouné, above Ehden, Jabal Qarnita; Herm. Base of Hermon.

  • Syrian distribution: SE Hermon, Qala‘at Jendel; A.L. Ma‘aret el-Bach to Tala‘at Moussa, Jabal Halimé.

  • Native range: Endemic to Lebanon and Syria

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