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Polygala bracteolata L.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Polygalaceae > Polygala

Characteristics

Woody at base, glabrous or sometimes slightly hairy, villous, decumbent dwarf shrub, 0.15-0.80 m high. Leaves alternate, lanceolate to elliptic, margins sometimes slightly thickened or revolute. Flowers many in terminal racemes, papilionaceous, magenta or rarely white, pink or purple; side petals unequally bilobed, lower lobe longest; floral bracts prominent. Flowering time Sept.-Apr. Fruit a membranous capsule, obovate, with a marginal rim. Seed broadly ellipsoid, hairy.
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Few-branched, erect or sprawling shrub to 1 m, sometimes slightly hairy. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic, margins sometimes slightly thickened or revolute. Flowers many in terminal racemes, pink or purple, side petals unequally bilobed, lower lobe the longest, floral bracts prominent.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
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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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Polygala bracteolata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:691172-1
WFO ID wfo-0001100341
COL ID 6VSK6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Polygala calycina Polygala lasiopoda Polygala bracteolata Polygala pilifera
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