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Polygala leptophylla Burch.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Polygalaceae > Polygala

Characteristics

Dwarf shrub, up to 500 mm tall, divaricately much-branched. Leaves few and distant, patent, linear, apex obtuse or mucronulate. Racemes mostly terminal, many-flowered. Pedicels very short. Flowers pendulous, 7-10 mm long, purple to white with alae whitish with green veins.
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Perennial dwarf shrub, generally crisped-pubescent, ± 0.2 m high. Flowers papilionaceous, in terminal racemes (up to 150 mm long); pedicels 1-2 mm long; carina 3 mm long, crest 1.0-2.5 mm long. Flowering time Oct.-Apr.
Erect, sparsely to much-branched shrub, up to 2 m tall. Leaves linear-elliptic, leathery. Flowers in elongate, terminal racemes, mauve, side petals entire.
Erect, sparsely branched shrub to 2 m. Leaves linear-elliptic, leathery. Flowers in elongate, terminal racemes, mauve, side petals entire.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use medicinal social use
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 -

Images

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Distribution

Polygala leptophylla world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:691718-1
WFO ID wfo-0000488531
COL ID 4L7SF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Polygala leptophylla Polygala recta

Lower taxons

Polygala leptophylla var. armata
WorldFloraDB 2024