Polygala nyikensis Exell

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Polygalaceae > Polygala

Characteristics

Flowers magenta or pale mauve, pedicels up to 5 mm. long, in short, somewhat congested, terminal racemes 2–5 cm. long, bracts and bracteoles 1.5–2 mm. long, persistent.
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Leaves 5–22 x 2–6 mm., very narrowly to narrowly elliptic-oblong, somewhat pubescent when young but soon becoming glabrous, apex obtuse to acute, mucronulate.
Posterior sepal 3 mm. long; wing sepals 6–7 x 4.5–5 mm., obliquely elliptic, glabrous; anterior sepals 2.5 mm. long, free.
Perennial with short, crisped-pubescent stems, 6–14 cm. tall, produced annually from a woody rootstock.
Upper petals 5.5 x 3 mm., broadly falcate; carina 6 x 3 mm., crest 2.5 mm. long.
Seed 3 x 1.5 mm., ellipsoid, sericeous; caruncular appendages 0.7 mm. long.
Ovary 1.5 x 1.2 mm., obovate in outline, style 5.5–6 mm. long.
Capsule 5.5 x 4.5 mm., suborbicular, slightly pubescent.
Stamens 8.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.06 - 0.14
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:691945-1
WFO ID wfo-0001100766
COL ID 4L7Z8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Polygala nyikensis