Polygala sibirica L.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Polygalaceae > Polygala

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 10-30 cm tall. Roots woody. Stems caespitose, often erect, pubescent. Petiole short; leaf blade papery or subleathery; lower leaves ovate, small, ca. 6 × 4 mm, apex obtuse; upper leaves lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, large, 10-20 × 3-6 mm, green, both surfaces pubescent, midvein raised abaxially, impressed adaxially, lateral veins obscure or raised adaxially, base cuneate, margin entire, slightly recurved, apex obtuse, with acumen. Racemes extra-axillary or pseudoterminal, usually over apex of stem, branches pubescent, few flowered; bracteoles 3, subulate-lanceolate, ca. 2 mm, pubescent. Flowers 6-10 mm. Sepals 5, persistent, outside pubescent, ciliate; outer sepals 3, lanceolate, ca. 3 mm; inner sepals 2, petaloid, subfalcate, ca. 7.5 × 3 mm, greenish, base unguiculate, apex cuspidate. Petals 3, connate in lower 2/5, blue-purple; lateral petals 5-6 mm, longer than keel, inside hairy at base, apex rounded, retuse; keel hairy abaxially, apex with fimbriate appendages. Stamens 8; filaments 5-6 mm, united at least in lower 2/3, forming an open ciliate staminal sheath; anthers ovoid. Ovary obovoid, ca. 2 mm in diam., apex ciliate; style thickened, apex curved, ca. 5 mm; stigmas moderately well separated. Capsule subcordate, ca. 5 mm in diam., narrowly winged, shortly ciliate, apex retuse. Seeds black, compressed-oblong, ca. 1.5 mm, densely white pubescent, with white strophiole. Fl. Apr-Jul, fr. May-Aug. 2n = 34.
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It is erect and grows 10-25 cm high. There are usually many stems from the base. The lower leaves are oval and small and 6 mm long by 4 mm wide. The upper leaves are narrow and 10-20 mm long by 3-6 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.13 - 0.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It grows in temperate and tropical Asia. In Pakistan it grows between 1,060-2,700 m altitude. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Dry calcareous slopes in Ukraine. Open slopes in the Himalayas from Pakistan to Tibet at 1600-3600 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

The root is washed and then boiled in several changes of water before eating.
Uses brewing medicinal
Edible leaves roots
Therapeutic use Disorder of ejaculation (leaf), Abscess (root), Amnesia (root), Bronchitis (root), Carbuncle (root), Chest pain (root), Common cold (root), Diuretics (root), Erectile dysfunction (root), Expectorants (root), Infertility, male (root), Abscess (unspecified), Breast (unspecified), Chest (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Convulsion (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Hysteria (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Memory (unspecified), Spermatorrhea (unspecified), Carbuncle (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Mammary (unspecified), Bladder (unspecified), Urogenital (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Polygala sibirica unspecified picture

Distribution

Polygala sibirica world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:692327-1
WFO ID wfo-0000488869
COL ID 4L8CJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Polygala barthiana Polygala macropetala Polygala sibirica Polygala japonica f. ovatifolia Polygala monopetala Polygala sibirica f. ciliata Polygala hakobii Polygala sibirica var. japonica Polygala sibirica var. monopetala Polygala sibirica var. hakobii Polygala sibirica var. ciliata Polygala sibirica f. latifolia Polygala japonica var. angustifolia

Lower taxons

Polygala sibirica subsp. bhutanica