Polygala myriantha Chodat

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Polygala myriantha

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Annual herb up to 40 cm tall, usually branching near the base. Leaves linear-elliptic, 7 × 30 mm long, sparsely pubescent or hairless; apex mucronate. Flowers mauve or lilac, drying yellowish-white, in elongated terminal racemes, up to 12 cm long. Capsule up to c. 2 × 1.2 mm, obovate-oblong, slightly winged.
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Cameroon
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Worldwide distribution: Angola, Cameroon, DRC, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): W,C,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Nw,C,Lk
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Literature:

Exell, A.W. (1960). Polygalaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 327 - 328. (Includes a picture).

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.

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Polygala myriantha.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=133800, retrieved 28 March 2024

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