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Astragalus depressus

Sprawling Milk-Vetch

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Common names

Sprawling Milk-Vetch.

Scientific name

Astragalus depressus L.

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria.

Description and identification

Perennial herbaceous plant. Leaves 4-20 (30) cm long, pinnate, with 1-6 cm long petioles. Leaflets (9) 10-14 (15) pairs, 4-13 mm long, 2-7 mm wide, petiolate, oblong-obovate to obovate-cordate. Corolla 10-12 mm long, bicolor whitish bluish-purple. Flowering May-July¹.

Habitats

On sunny, dry, stony calcareous terrains, mainly in the foothills and mountains².

Distribution in Bulgaria

In the following floristic regions: Western and Middle Rhodopes, Stara Planina, Znepol region, Western border mountains, Vitoshki, Slavyanka, Pirin, Sredna gora, Black Sea coast (north), from 0 to 1800 meters altitude³.

General distribution

Southern Europe (north to northeastern Switzerland), Southwest Asia (Asia Minor)⁴.

References

1 Вълев С. 1966. Във: Флора на Народна Република България, том VI, София.

2 Вълев С. 1966.

3 Assyov, B., A. Petrova, D. Dimitrov & R. Vassilev. 2012. Conspectus of the vascular flora of Bulgaria. Sofia, Bulgarian biodiversity foundation.

4 Вълев С. 1966.

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