Polygala baumii Gürke

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Polygalaceae > Polygala

Characteristics

Flowers greenish or yellowish with blue crest, pedicels up to 3 mm. long, in dense, subcapitate, lateral racemes about 2 cm. in diam., with glabrous rhachis, bracts 1.5–2 mm. long and bracteoles 1 mm. long, persistent for a time then caducous.
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Posterior sepal 3–3.5 mm. long; wing sepals 7–10 x 5–5.5 mm., obliquely ovate-elliptic, ciliolate on the margin; anterior sepals 2.5–3 mm. long, connate.
Leaves 8–15 x 0.5–2 mm., linear to very narrowly oblanceolate, glabrous, apex often uncinate, margin usually incurved.
Seeds 2.8–3 x 1.2–1.7 mm., ellipsoid, with white, silky hairs; caruncle 1 mm. long with small appendages.
Upper petals 4 x 2.5 mm., obovate-cuneate, contorted; carina 6 x 2 mm., crest 2–2.5 mm. long.
Shrublet up to 30–40 cm. tall of ericoid appearance with glabrous, slightly winged stems.
Capsule 4.5 x 2.5 mm., oblong-elliptic, glabrous, with very narrowly winged margin.
Stamens 6 fertile with 2 staminodes.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.4
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Usage

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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Polygala baumii world distribution map, present in Angola and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:691125-1
WFO ID wfo-0000484405
COL ID 4L78N
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Polygala baumii Polygala congestiflora