Astragalus macrocephalus

Astragalus macrocephalus

Ssp cucullaris: Ponpon geveni; Ssp finitimus: Topaç geven; Ssp macrocephalus: Sarıponpon

 
Stout, erect perennial, 50-100 cm. Leaves 17-25 cm; leaflets 20-60 mm, narrowly lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, very sparsely long simple-pilose below or glabrous on both surfaces, 11-20-paired; stipules 10-70 mm, lanceolate, herbaceous, very sparsely pilose to glabrous. Peduncles 4-8 cm. Inflorescence 3'5-5 cm diam., globose to oblong, dense, with 30-50 sessile flowers. Bracts 17-40 mm, linear to lanceolate, herbaceous, ciliate. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 15-18 mm, tubular-campanulate, sparsely long-hispid; teeth c. 6 mm, linear. Corolla deep yellow; standard 18-35 mm. Legume c. 8 x 4 mm, ovoid, pilose below, included in calyx, mucronate. Fl. 6-8.
1. Stipules ciliate; inflorescence globose to oblong
        2. Inflorescence globose; stipules 10-35 mm .....subsp. finitimus
         2. Inflorescence oblong; stipules 25-70 mm ..................subsp. cucullaris
1. Stipules glabrous; inflorescence globose .........subsp. macrocephalus