PEA FAMILY
Psoralea bituminosa (PITCH TREFOIL)(Asfalt otu, Ballık, Katran otu)
(Harzklee, Asphaltlee)
Leguminosae (Fabaceae)
Hirsute perennial herbs. Stem ascending or erect, up to 140 cm. Leaves alternate, trifoliolate, petiolate; leaflets linear to lanceolate. Flowers shortly stalked, in umbels or racemes, up to 30-flowered. Calyx campanulate. Petals free at base, withish, blue to violet, 15-20 mm. Legume ovate, 5-15 mm long, with a curved beak. Fl. May-August. Open ground and in woodland.
Türkiye, S. Europe, Crimea, W. Syria, Cyprus, Caucasia, Sinai, N. Africa.
