Polygala petitiana A. Rich.
subsp. petitiana
var. petitiana

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Polygala petitiana subsp. petitiana var. petitiana

Picture: Bart Wursten
Mutirikwi CL, Murray MacDougall Drive

Polygala petitiana subsp. petitiana var. petitiana

Picture: Bart Wursten
Mutirikwi CL, Murray MacDougall Drive

Polygala petitiana subsp. petitiana var. petitiana

Picture: Bart Wursten
Mutirikwi CL, Murray MacDougall Drive

Polygala petitiana subsp. petitiana var. petitiana

Picture: Bart Wursten
Mutirikwi CL, Murray MacDougall Drive

Polygala petitiana subsp. petitiana var. petitiana

Picture: Bart Wursten
Near dam, Lake Kyle Recreational Park

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Synonyms: var. calceolata Norl.
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Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Annual herb up to 90 cm long. Stems slender, hairless or almost so. Leaves linear-elliptic, sometimes very narrowly so, 2-4 cm long, with a needle-like tip, hairless. Flowers elongated terminal racemes up to 15 cm long, blue, mauve, purple, white or yellowish. Wing sepals yellowish with dark veining. Pedicels up to 3 mm long. Capsule 3-4 mm long, oblong-elliptic, very narrowly winged.
Type location:
Zimbabwe, Inyanga
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: petitiana: after Antoine Petit (?-1843), French naturalist and botanist who traveled to Ethiopia. He was killed by a crocodile in the Tacazze River in 1843.
Habitat: In Brachystegia woodland, grassland or in swamps, usually on sandy soils.
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Worldwide distribution: Angola, DRC, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): W,C
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Nw,Lk
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Endemic status:
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Literature:

Exell, A.W. (1960). Polygalaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Page 334. as P. petitiana var. calceolata

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.

Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 97. As Polygala petitiana

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Flora of Malawi: Polygala petitiana subsp. petitiana var. petitiana
Flora of Mozambique: Polygala petitiana subsp. petitiana var. petitiana
Flora of Zimbabwe: Polygala petitiana subsp. petitiana var. petitiana

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Polygala petitiana
African Plant Database: Polygala petitiana
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Polygala petitiana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Polygala petitiana
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Polygala petitiana
JSTOR Plant Science: Polygala petitiana
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Polygala petitiana
Plants of the World Online: Polygala petitiana
Tropicos: Polygala petitiana
Wikipedia: Polygala petitiana


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 petitiana subsp. petitiana var. petitiana.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=133820, retrieved 28 March 2024

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