Lathyrus laxiflorus (Desf.) O. Kuntze
L. laxiflorus (Desf.) O. Kuntze, Acta Horti Petrop. X (1887) 185; Ball, Fl. Eur. II (1968) 140; Orobus laxiflorus Desf., Ann. Mus. Par. XII (1808) 57; Lathyrus inermis Roch. ex Friv., Magy. Tud. Tars. Evk. II (1835) 250 t. 2; Koch, Acta Hung. (1834) t. 2; Стоян. Стеф., Фл. Бълг., изд. 1, II (1925) 696; Hayek, Prodr. Fl. Penins. Balc. I (1926) 819; Orobus hirsutus auct. Vel., Fl. Bulg. (1891) 158 non L. hirsutus L. — Рехавоцветно секирче
Fam: Leguminose Juss. (Fabaceae)
Genus: Lathyrus L.
Species: Lathyrus laxiflorus (Desf.) O. Kuntze
English Name: x x x
Description:Perennials. Rhizome bold, woodened, with numerous roots. Stems several or many (15.0) 20.0 - 35.0 (40.0) cm tall, lying or ascending, branched, often a basically bedridden with ascending branches, with four edges, without wings, naked or scattered fibrous. Stipule (8.0) 10.0 - 25.0 (35.0) mm long and (8.0) 10.0 - 20.0 (30.0) mm wide, equal in length to the leaves, as long leaf handle lantce, ovate to almost round, basically swept. Leaf axis with small awn. Petal plant a couple (8.0) 10.0 - 17.0 (22.0) mm long (8.0) 10.0 - 20.0 (30.0) mm wide, longer than petiole of leaf, widely lance ovate, lanceolate, ovate, broad elliptical to almost circular, with parallel streaks, scattered fitting short fiber. Inflorescence handles 2 - 4 times longer than the leave of inflorescence, goals or fiber. Bracts absent. Blossom handles equal of the tube of the calyx, naked. Blossoms 2 - 6, (13.0) 15.0 - 16.0 (18.0) mm long. Calyx 2 times or so shorter than corolla with 22 - 28 strieaks, naked or fiber; the teeth longer than the tube, a triangular wedge-shaped, almost equal each other. Corolla blue. Flag 10.0 - 12.0 mm long and 9.0 - 11.0 mm wide, wide back ovate to almost round,
the base suddenly narrowed into a short claw, longer than the wings. Wings longer than the keel, with shorter than elliptical leaf blade fingernail. Keel shorter than the wings, leaf blade triangular elliptical, suddenly at right angles wrapped, almost blunt. Beans 3.0 - 4.0 cm long and 3.0 - 5.0 mm wide, brown, fibrous a clear network of veins. Seeds 5 - 7, oval, black brown, smooth; scar 1/4 - 1/5 the circumference of the seed flat, linear.Volatility 1 Leaflets 20.0 - 30.0 mm wide, broad lance-ovate or elliptic to almost round .... var. rotundatus Kož., var. n. in Addenda. South Pirin Mountain.
1* Leaflets up to 20.0 mm wide, narrowly ovate lanceolate to lanceolate ........................................................................................................... 2
2 Plant fiber …………………………………………….........................................................................……….. var. laxiflorus. Widespread.
2* The leaves and stalks naked .... var. glabratus (Griseb.) Kož., comb, n .; L. inermis Roch. var. glabratus Griseb., Spicil. Fl. Rum. Bithyn. I (1843) 76; Stoyan. Steph., Fluoro. Bul. Ed. 1.11 (1925) 696; Ser. in DC., Prodr. II (1825) 369; L. inermis f. glabriusculus (Ser.) Hayek, I. c. Widespread.
Flowering Time: Blooms: VI - VII, fruitful: VII - VIII
References:„Флора на НР България”, том VI, БАН, София, (1976)
Distribution in Bulgaria: In scrub, light deciduous forests in the valleys and mountains, foothills. Widespread up to 1900 m altitude. (Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora) = conspectus&gs_l= Zlc.
Distribution:Southeast Europe (east to Crimea) Mediterranean (Eastern), Southwest Asia (Asia Minor).
Conservation status and threats: not protected species in Bulgaria by the Biodiversity Law. Законодателство на Република България: Закон за биологичното разнообразиеMedical plant: it is not - http://lex.bg/laws/ldoc/2134916096
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