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Polygala erubescens Chodat

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial, prostrate herb, 0.1 m high. Leaves alternate, hairy, smaller towards base of stem, upper leaves elliptic to lanceolate, lower leaves ± suborbicular. Flowers purple, pink, mauve and yellow, in terminal compact racemes 10-20 mm long; pedicels up to 1 mm long; wings 3-5 x 2.0-2.5 mm. Flowering time summer. Fruit: membranous appendage of caruncle shorter than a quarter of length of seed.
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Perennial herb; not spinescent. Stems procumbent, densely leafy; pubescent. Leaves subsessile; smaller towards base of stem; blade of lower leaves ± suborbicular, blade of upper ones elliptic to narrowly ovate. Flowers: in compact, terminal racemes; wings suborbicular, 3-5 x 2.5-3.0 mm, apex rounded; wings and petals light mauve; Dec.-Feb.
Herbs annus vel raro suffrutescentes. Flores in racemos terminales raro pseudolaterales dispositi. Sepala exteriora carinata; alae ellipticae vel suborbiculares. Capsula ellipsoidea, margine anguste alata, vel subaptera. Appendices quam semina breviores.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
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Hardiness (USDA) -

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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Distribution

Polygala erubescens world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:691416-1
WFO ID wfo-0000484332
COL ID -
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Polygala erubescens
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