Lathyrus laxiflorus(Desf.) Kuntze - Deli Burçak (in Turkish)
Scientific Description:
Perennial, spreading-pilose to glabrous. Stems angled, branched, 15−40 cm, diffusely procumbent or ascending, arising from a tuberous woody stock. Leaves shortly aristate or sometimes ending in a simple tendril; leaflets 1-paired, ovate, broadly elliptic or sometimes lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 10−40 × 4−18 mm, parallel-veined; stipules ovate-acuminate or sometimes ovate-lanceolate as broad as the leaflets or sometimes broader, unequally sagittate. Peduncles ± closely (2−)3−6-flowered, longer than the leaves. Calyx 8−13 mm; teeth narrowly lanceolate, 2−3 × longer than tube. Corolla lavender or violet, 15−20 mm; keel whitish. Legume broadly linear, 30−45 × 4−5 mm, gland-dotted, subadpressed-pilose or rarely glabrous.
Flowering time: May−July
Habitat: Forest, scrub, shady banks, etc., s.l−1900 m.
subsp. laxiflorus
Leaflets ovate to broadly elliptic, less than 3 × as long as broad, about as wide as stipules; leaves shortly aristate; legume always hairy.
Reference:
Davis PH (1970). Lathyrus laxiflorus (Desf.) Kuntze, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 3: 347.
Public Description:
Lathyrus laxiflorus subsp. laxiflorus, common name “deli burçak” (in Turkish), distributed in South-eastern Europe to Caucasia, Türkiye, Iran and Syria. It is a perennial herb with stem up to 40 cm and lavender or violet flowers. It is different from the other subsp. angustifolius, in having wider leaves and always hairy legume.
References:
Anonymous (2017). http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Lathyrus/laxiflorus/, Accessed date: 31.03.2017.
Güneş F (2012). Lathyrus L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 466−470.