Polygala garcinii Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Polygalaceae > Polygala

Characteristics

Soft, dwarf shrub, woody base, 0.2-0.5 m high, with slender trailing branches. Leaves alternate, linear to acicular. Flowers in long, terminal racemes, purple; side petal obtuse, sparsely hairy below. Flowering time Sept.-Dec. Fruit a membranous capsule, oblong, bidentate. Seed narrowly ellipsoid, hairy, lobes of caruncle short.
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Soft subshrub to 40 cm, with slender, trailing branches from woody base. Leaves linear to acicular. Flowers in long, terminal racemes, purple, side petals obtuse, sparsely hairy below.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Charm (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Polygala garcinii world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:691479-1
WFO ID wfo-0001100355
COL ID 4L7K4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Polygala orthostigma Polygala dodii Polygala garcinii