Polygala exelleana Troupin

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Polygalaceae > Polygala

Characteristics

Flowers red or purple, pedicels slender pilose up to 8 mm. long, in congested terminal racemes usually 4–5 cm. long (up to 10 cm.) with densely pubescent rhachis and persistent, opaque, dark red or greenish bracts and bracteoles up to about 3 mm. long, pointed but without long filiform tips.
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Posterior sepal 5 mm. long; wing sepals 9–11 x 7–8.5 mm., obliquely suborbicular, pubescent or nearly glabrous with a few hairs towards the base; anterior sepals 4.5 mm. long, free.
Leaves 2.5–7 x 0.4–1.4 cm., linear-elliptic to narrowly elliptic, rounded or acute at the apex, cuneate at the base, densely pubescent.
Seed 4.5 x 1.5 mm., cylindric, with rather short, white, silky-pubescent indumentum; caruncular appendages absent.
Upper petals 8 mm. long, bent nearly at right angles and laterally notched; carina 11 x 5 mm., crest 3 mm. long.
Capsule 6–9 x 4–5 mm., obovate-elliptic in outline, shiny, with very narrowly winged pilose margin.
Shrub or perennial herb up to 2.5 m. in height, stems densely crisped-or patent-pubescent.
Stamens 8.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.5
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Polygala exelleana world distribution map, present in Malawi, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:691424-1
WFO ID wfo-0001100689
COL ID 4L7HG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Polygala exelleana