Polygalaceae
Polygala

Polygala wilmsii Chodat

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 329 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Zimbabwe to S. Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Polygalaceae, A. W. Exell. Flora Zambesiaca 1:1. 1960

Morphology General Habit
Perennial with slender, pilose, erect or subdecumbent sterns 5–25 cm. long produced annually from a woody rootstock.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 6–20 x 1–5 mm., very narrowly elliptic or very narrowly oblong-elliptic to elliptic or oblong-elliptic, laxly pilose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers purple or purple and yellow with pedicels 1 mm. long in congested terminal racemes up to 5 cm. long (sometimes subcapitate); bracts and bracteoles 1–1.2 mm. long, persistent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Posterior sepal 1.8 mm. long; wing sepals 3–4 x 1.5–1.8 mm., obliquely elliptic, rather markedly unguiculate, glabrous; anterior sepals 1.5 mm. long, free.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Upper petals 3 x 1.2 mm., obliquely and irregularly oblanceolate; carina 3 x 1.5 mm., crest 1.2 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 8.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule c. 2.1 x 2.1 mm., suborbicular in outline, with a very narrow marginal wing, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 1.5 x 0.9 mm., ellipsoid, rather sparsely white-pubescent; caruncular appendages c. 1 mm. long, narrow.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0