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di Mazara del Vallo (Ottonello & Catanzaro 1986); Valle dell’Ippari (Giardina 1988); Mazara del
Vallo a Roccolino Soprano, Valle del Belice a Pizzo Gallo, Pietraperzia a Portella Cialandria
(Minissale 1993); Bivona tra Serra di Carahà e Serra di Cuti (Troìa & Ilardi 2002); Sicani Bosco
S. Adriano (Raimondo & al. 2004). – R.
847. Astragalus caprinus subsp. glaber (DC.) Podlech in Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml.
München 25(1): 152 (1988) [Bas. A. caprinus var. glaber DC., Astragalogia: 214
(1802); isonymus Guss. (1828)]
ES – Dry pastures on clayey-limestone ground. – Delia, Alicata, Sommatino, Comiso, Riesi,
Chiaromonte nel Piano, Piazza, Caltanissetta, Aidone (Gussone 1828); S. Biagio sotto
Cammarata (Gussone 1844); Riesi (Ferrauto 1998). – R.
* Astragalus sempervirens Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot. 1: 320 (1783) subsp. gussonei
Pignatti in Giorn. Bot. Ital. 107: 216 (1973) [A. aristatus L’Hér. (1791)]
Reported by Jan (quoted by Gussone 1844) without the reference to the locality, but not collect-
ed anymore. Doubtful Lojacono (1891: 120). The report is probably due to a misidentification
by Nicotra (1878) for the Messinan area. Absent from Sicily according to Brullo (1989).
* Astragalus thermensis Vals. in Webbia 49 (1): 32 (1994) [Astragalus tragacantha auct.
non L., Sp. Pl.: 762 (1753); A. massiliensis (Mill.) Lam.]
A. thermensis was first collected in Sardinia by Schweninfurt in 1884 and identified as A. traga-
cantha, species found in France and in the Iberian Peninsula (Valsecchi, loc. cit.). – Sands on the
coastland– Alien casual reported by Gasparrini at the Ronciglio “ubi inter navium suburram
semina recenter exportata videntur” (Gussone 1844: 316); Levanzo (Tineo) (Lojacono 1891);
Trapani Talamone (Nicotra PAL), Ronciglio (Parlatore FI) (Valsecchi 1994). Adventice not
taken into consideration by authors succeded to Fiori (1925: 893), who [the authors] considered
the record as the fruit of a misidentification (v. Brullo 1989);?D: Linosa (Lojacono 1885: sub A.
creticus Guss. = A. siculus Raf.), not confirmed locality and doubtful identification by Lojacono.
To be excluded from Sicilian flora.
848. Astragalus monspessulanus L., Sp. Pl.: 761 (1753)
Uncultivated land. – Polizzi, Alimena, Villarosa, Bronte, Troina, Nicosia, Sanfratello, Cesarò,
Mistretta, Caronia, Terranova (Gussone 1828); Leonforte (Tineo, Nyman, Gussone) (Gussone
1845: 856); Petralia Soprana, S. Stefano (Lojacono 1891); Mistretta: Versante W del fiume S.
Stefano (Gramuglio 1954); Polizzi Generosa (Colombo & al. 1982); Pressi Galati Mamertino,
Pressi Reitano, Valle Torrente Buzza, Rocche del Crasto, Pressi Portella Gazzana (Minissale
1993); Madonie: Nociazzi + Portella Mandarini (Raimondo & al. 2004). – NC.

849. Astragalus pelecinus (L.) Barneby in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 13: 26 (1964) [Bas.
Biserrula pelecinus L., Sp. Pl.: 762 (1753)]
Uncultivated land. – Common Throughout the region, but always in numerically poor popula-
tions composed by few individuals: Ustica, Eolie, Maretimo, Favignana,Pantelleria (Gussone
1844); Catania, Ognina, Acicastello, Palermo (Lojacono 1891). – NC.
850. Astracantha nebrodensis (Guss.) Greuter in Willdenowia 15 (2): 425 (1986) [Bas.
Astragalus siculus var. nebrodensis Guss., Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2 (1): 316 (1844); Astragalus
nebrodensis (Guss.) Strobl; “Astragalus plumosus” sensu Guss. (1845) non Willd.; “A.
boissierii” sensu Lojac. non Fischer]
ES – Dry limestone slopes. – Madonie (Gussone 1844); Madonie oltre i 1200 m fino a 1975 m: