Polygala gossweileri Exell & Mendonça

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Polygalaceae > Polygala

Characteristics

Posterior sepal 2.2 mm. long; wing sepals 5 x 2.5 mm., obliquely elliptic, acute, with ciliolate margins; anterior sepals 2 mm. long, connate.
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Flowers blue, pedicels 5–7 mm. long, solitary, or in few-flowered, lateral racemes about 1.5 cm. long.
Seeds 2 x 0.8 mm., cylindric, white-sericeous; caruncle 0.7 mm. long with a very short appendage.
Leaves 8–14 x 0.5–1 mm., linear, with needle-like points, glabrous.
Capsule 2.5–3 x 2–2.5 mm., margin narrowly winged.
Perennial herb with woody base, about 15 cm. tall.
Stamens 6 fertile with 2 staminodes.
Upper petals 4 x 3.3 mm., obovate.
Stems slender, striate, glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
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
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Polygala gossweileri world distribution map, present in Angola and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:691513-1
WFO ID wfo-0000488675
COL ID 4L7L8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Polygala gossweileri