Polygala refracta Burch. ex Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Polygalaceae > Polygala

Characteristics

Slender herb, woody at base, glabrous, 0.16-0.50 m high. Leaves alternate, 6-25 mm long, linear, acute, often with narrow translucent margins, erect, sessile. Flowers papilionaceous; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, deciduous bracteoles; outer sepal ovate, glabrous, acute. Flowering time Sept.-Mar. Fruit a membranous capsule, broadly obovoid, glabrous, with a narrow marginal rim. Seed densely hairy, caruncle with short membranous lobes.
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Slender subshrub to 40 cm, with slender, ridged stems. Leaves linear-lanceolate, ascending. Flowers in short, axillary racemes, purple, side petals shortly bilobed.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.16 - 0.5
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses -
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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Productivity -

Distribution

Polygala refracta world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:692179-1
WFO ID wfo-0001100399
COL ID 4L884
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Polygala refracta Polygala harveyana