Astragalus yilmazii is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a subshrub with seven to nine pairs of leaflets, and lilac-coloured petals. The species is endemic to Turkey, and was described in 2001.
Taxonomy The species was described in 2001, by Zeki Aytaç and Murat Ekící. The holotype was collected near Lake Suğla.
Astragalus yilmazii is closely allied to Astragalus simonii.
Distribution Astragalus yilmazii is native to the temperate biome of Konya Province, Turkey. It is endemic to Konya, and grows in chickpea fields.
Description Astragalus yilmazii is an annual or biennial subshrub. It grows up to high, and the stem is up to long. The stem is hollow, and wide at the base. The vegetative parts have white hairs.
The leaves are long, and have a long stem. There are seven to nine pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are narrowly elliptical to narrowly obovate, long, and wide. The bracts are translucent and whitish.
The inflorescences have black hairs. The flower stems are long. The calyx is tube-shaped, straw-coloured, and long. The calyx has narrowly triangular to linear acute teeth, which are around long. The petals are lilac-coloured.
The fruits are curved pods, which are long, and wide. Each locule has ten to twelve seeds.
Etymology Astragalus yilmazii is named for Ali Yilmaz, the original collecter of the species.
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