Polygala asbestina Burch.

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial herb or dwarf shrub, softly woolly, rounded, 0.07-0.30 m high. Leaves coriaceous, leathery, oblong to obovate, obtuse, glabrescent with age. Flowers 1-3 in short axillary racemes, papilionaceous; pedicels 0.50-0.75 mm long; wings 4-5 x 1.5 mm, blue; side petals entire. Flowering time Sept.-Apr. Fruit a membranous capsule, elliptical in outline. Seed ellipsoid.
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Dwarf shrub, up to 0.3 m high; not spinescent. Stems spreading, divaricately much branched, woody; appressed pubescent. Leaves subsessile; blade obovate to broadly obovate, up to 10 x 4 mm, apex retuse or obtuse. Flowers: in lateral racemes, 2-or 3-flowered; wings narrowly obovate, ± 4 x 1 mm, apex acute, falcate, mucronate, mauve; petals purplish blue; Nov.-Apr.
Softly woolly, rounded shrublet to 20 cm. Leaves leathery, oblong to obovate, obtuse, glabrescent with age. Flowers 1-3 in short, axillary racemes, blue, side petals entire.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.19 - 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity light
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Polygala asbestina world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:691089-1
WFO ID wfo-0001100338
COL ID 4L77J
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Polygala asbestina