Dorycnium herbaceum Vill.

1718 (2). D. herbaceum Vill., Hist. Pl. Dauph. Ш (1789) 417; Hayek, Prodr. Fl. Penins. Balc. I (1926) 876; D. diffusum Janka, Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. ХШ (1863) 316; D. pentaphyllum subsp. herbaceum (Vill.) Rouy in Rouy et Fouc., Fl. Fr. V (1899) 135; Ball, Fl. Eur. II (1968) 173; Exs.: Pl. Bulg. Exsicc. № 255 — Треви­сто звездиче

Fam:   Asteraceae (Compositae)
Genus:   Dorycnium Mill.
Species: Dorycnium herbaceum Vill.
English Name: no common name found

Description:

Perennial plant. Stem ascending or erect, branched, 20.0 - 65.0 cm high, round, dense, at the base sparsely spreading fibrous, upwards with thicker adjacent and spreading short or long hairs. Leaves, fivefold, sessile. The leafletes of the middle leaves, attached at one point 5.0 - 20.0 mm long and 2.0 - 6.0 mm wide, the lower and upper smaller, oblong-ovate, rarely elliptical, wedge-shaped narrowed at the base , on top blunt or short pointed, entire, on both sides sparsely curly or straight fibrous, often stripping or densely long spreading fibrous on top or bare, fibrous on the edge and below, gray-green. Stipules small, membranous, loose. Flowering twigs 1.0 - 6.5 cm long, densely adjacent to spreading fibrous. Flowers 12 - 25 (30), gathered in glabrous inflorescences at the tips of the stem and its branches. Flower petioles 2.0 - 2.5 mm long, equal or longer than the calyx, densely adjacent to spreading fibrous. Calyx 1.8 - 2.0 mm long and 1.5 - 1.8 mm wide, bell-shaped, densely long, close to spreading fibrous, bilobed; teeth unequal, upper triangular, up to 1/2 of the tube, lower triangular-pointed, shorter than the tube. Corolla 3.0 - 5.0 mm long, white, rarely to purple, glabrous. Flag 1.0 mm wide, oblong elliptical, more or less narrowed in the middle, obtuse or pointed at the apex, entire or slightly incised, gradually drained into a broad short claw, longer or equal to the little boat and wings , white, rarely purple. The wings are elliptically back ovoid, at the base with a short elliptical appendage, narrowed into thin long claws, longer than the little boat or equal to it, white. The little boat is elliptically rhombic, shortly drained at the top, sickle-shaped, at the base with thin long nails, dark red to black, rarely white. The beans are 0.3 - 0.4 (0.5) cm long and 1.5 (2.0) mm wide, ovoid, elliptical in cross section, short pointed (with a short 1.0 - 1.5 mm tip), not pinched, glabrous, dark brown, with 1 seed. Seeds 2.0 - 2.2 mm long and 2.0 mm wide, ovoid-spherical, black-brown, smooth.

Variability

1   Stem with adjoining hairs, less often with few spreading ones .................................................................................................... 2
1* Stem except with close short and long hairs .............................................................................................................................. 3
2   Leaves bare, mostly with short adjoining hairs ............................................... var. illyricum Beck, Fl. Südbosn. Angr. Herzeg. II (1898) 176; D. herbaceum f. glabratum Aschers. apud. Rickley, Engler Bot. Jahrb. XXXI (1902) 358. Northeastern Bulgaria, Central Stara Planina (Gabrovo), Western Sredna Gora (Ihtiman).
2* Leaves more or less spreading fibrous ........................................................... var. herbaceum;
D. herbaceum var. typicum Beck, Fl. Nider. Österr. (1892) 854; D. herbaceum 1. typicum Aschers. et Graebn., Syn. VI, 2 (1908) 662. Distributed.
3   The leaves on top are bare ............................................................................ var. intermedium (Ledeb.) Rikli, 1. c. D. intermedium Ledeb., Ind. I am. Horti Dorp. (1820) 14. Black Sea coast, Northeastern Budgaria (Targovishte), Fore-Balkans (Sevlievo, Vratsa), Western Sredna Gora (Ihtiman), Thracian lowland (Stara Zagora).

3* Leaves on top densely long spreading fibrous ................................................. var. macedonicum (Deg. et Dorfl.) Kuzm., comb, n., D. intermedium var. macedonicum Deg. et. Dörfl., Denkschr. Acad. Wiss. Math. Nat. Cl. LXVII (1897) 718; D. herbaceum f. macedonicum (Deg. et Dörfl.) Hayek, 1. c. Black Sea coast, Northeastern Bulgaria, Danube plain, Fore-Balkan, Western and Central Stara Planina, Slavyanka, Vitosha, Sofia region, Mesta river valley, Western and Middle Rhodopes, Sredna gora, Thracian lowland.

Note. The species is highly polymorphic. Variations are observed with respect to the indumentum, the shape of the leaves, the shape of the flag and the color of the flag and the boat. Most variations have been described without clear correlations (see Ascherson and Graebner, 1908; A. Nyarady, 1957). In the present study, the varieties are divided only on the basis of the peculiarities of the indumentum.

From:   „Флора на Н. Р. България”, том VI, БАН, София, (1976)

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Synonim of "Dorycnium herbaceum"

Lotus herbaceus (Vill.) Jauzein

Lotus herbaceus is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the genus Lotus of the family Fabaceae. The species includes the plants formerly called Dorycnium herbaceum and Dorycnium jordanii.[1] The flowering period extends from May through July.

Distribution

Lotus herbaceus can be found in southern and eastern Europe through Turkey to the Caucasus. It also extends into northern Africa.[1]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Dorycnium herbaceum VILLAR is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Dorycnium (family Leguminosae).
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as an accepted name (record 13051509) with original publication details: Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphine 44 44 1779.

Synonyms:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

www.theplantlist.org › tpl › record › tro-13051509

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Flowering Time: Blooms: V - VIII.

Distribution in Bulgaria: Growing in dry grassy, rocky and bushy places, near forests, in the plains and mountains, often on limestone. Widespread, up to 1700 m above sea level. (Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora) = conspectus&gs_l= Zlc.

Distribution: Europe, Southwest Asia, Caucasus.

Conservation status and threats: not protected species in Bulgaria by the Biodiversity Law. - Biological Diversity Act -    http://eea.government.bg/bg/legislation/biodiversity/zbran_22.08.15.pdf

Medical plant: no, it is not medical plant - Medicinal Plants Act - http://eea.government.bg/bg/legislation/biodiversity/ZLR_en.pdf

References: „Флора на Н. Р. България”, том VI, БАН, София, (1976), Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, www.theplantlist.org › tpl › record › tro-13051509

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