Herbaria

Family

Leguminosae (Fabaceae)

subfamily

Papilionoideae (Faboideae)

Genus

Astragalus L.

Species

Astragalus sieberi DC.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

DC.

citation

Prodr. 2: 295 (1825).

herbariaSynonyms

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Nv-Di-Dg-Ra-S)

CAIRC (Dg-S)

TANE (S)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIRC

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (18)

CAIRC (4)

TANE (12)

Habitat

Desrt wadis and sandy plains

FlFrperiod

February-April

LifeForm

Chamaephyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Khanaseer el Aross خناصر العروس

Shook El Na'aga شوك النعجه

EnglishName

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

E. Mediterranean to W. & S. Iran and Arabian Peninsula.

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

El Hadidi, M.N.& Fayed, A. 1994/95. Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt (EFE). Taeckholmia 15

Boulos, L. 1999. Flora of Egypt, vol1. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt