Determining User Preferences for Some Natural Astragalus Species Distributed in Ankara

Abstract

This study applied a photograph-based survey to 130 participants to determine user preferences for 21 different Astragalus taxa with various characteristics distributed in Ankara. A total of 63 images likes were collected and the photographs were categorized. Three different categories were obtained in the confirmatory factor analysis. The differences between the averages of these categories were compared with the one-way ANOVA test, revealing a significant difference between the three categories. As a result, Astragalus anthylloides was identified as the most preferred species.