Polygala senensis Klotzsch
var. senensis

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Synonyms:	Polygala rogersiana Baker f.
Common names:
Frequency:	Rather rare
Status:	Native
Description:	Shrubby perennial herb with annual stems, up to 60 cm tall, growing from a woody rootstock. Leaves oblong-oblanceolate, up to 3 × 1 cm, densely pubescent. Flowers yellowish in lateral 3-12 flowered racemes. Capsule c, 6 × 5 mm, broadly elliptic-oblong, pubescent, slightly winged with an apical notch.
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Derivation of specific name:	senensis: from Sena on the Zambezi River in Mozambique
Habitat:	Dry open woodland.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 400 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Mpumalana and KaZulu-Natal, S Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	E,S
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Insects (whose larvae eat this species):
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Saturday 5 June 2010
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