Polygala spicata Chodat
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Muvumodzi Valley near Eastern Lakes, Eastern Chimanimani Mts.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Muvumodzi Valley near Eastern Lakes, Eastern Chimanimani Mts.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Muvumodzi Valley near Eastern Lakes, Eastern Chimanimani Mts.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Muvumodzi Valley near Eastern Lakes, Eastern Chimanimani Mts.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Muvumodzi Valley near Eastern Lakes, Eastern Chimanimani Mts.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Muvumodzi Valley near Eastern Lakes, Eastern Chimanimani Mts.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Muvumodzi Valley near Eastern Lakes, Eastern Chimanimani Mts.
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Synonyms:
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Polygala capillaris E. Mey. var. angolensis Oliv. Polygala schlechteri Schinz
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Annual herb up to 40 cm tall with slender, wiry, hairless stems. Leaves linear to lorate, 5–8 mm long, hairless, often scarcely developed, sometimes slightly wider at the extreme base of the stem. Flowers small, white or pale greenish-yellow, pedicels 0.5–1 mm long, in many-flowered terminal racemes up to 10 cm long; rhachis hairless and threadlike. Posterior sepal 1 mm long; wing sepals broadly elliptic to rotund, 2–2.5 mm long, hairless; anterior sepals 1 mm long, free. Upper petals broadly elliptic, 1.3 mm long. Stamens 8. Capsules suborbicular in outline, c. 1 mm in diameter, hairless. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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spicata: arranged in a spike. |
Habitat:
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Boggy grasslands |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Angola, Mozambique, Zambia,Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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C,E |
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Spot characters:
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Thursday 4 January 2018 |
Literature:
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Exell, A.W. (1960). Polygalaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Page 326.
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 67.
Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 84.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-18
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2018).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Polygala spicata. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=133900, retrieved 26 April 2018
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