WorldFloraDB - Polygala microlopha

Characteristics

Small, sparsely leafy, glabrous, dwarf shrub, 0.1-0.7 m high. Leaves alternate, usually 2-6 mm long, linear or elliptic, thick, flat or grooved above, ciliate or scabrous. Flowers papilionaceous, glabrous or pubescent, pink, magenta or white. Flowering time Aug.-Dec. or all year. Fruit a membranous capsule, oblong, narrowed at base, with a narrow, compressed rim. Seed oblong, hairy.

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Sparsely leafy shrub, up to 0.6 m tall. Leaves leathery, linear to elliptic, usually shortly ciliate. Flowers in short, terminal, umbel-like racemes, purple, side petals unequally bilobed with lower lobe linear and elongate, crest of keel reduced and short.

Sparsely leafy shrub to 60 cm. Leaves leathery, linear to elliptic, usually shortly ciliate. Flowers in short, terminal, umbel-like racemes, purple, side petals unequally bilobed with lower lobe linear and elongate, crest of keel reduced and short.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	shrub
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	-
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	-
Mature height (meter)	0.35 - 0.65
Root system	-
Rooting depth (meter)	-
Root diameter (meter)	-
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer	-
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Environment

Light	-
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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
Germination treatment	-
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Optimum temperature (C°)	-
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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:691843-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001100374
COL ID	4L7W8
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
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Synonyms

Polygala microlopha Polygala microlopha var. microlopha

WorldFloraDB 2024

Polygala microlopha Burch. ex Dc.

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