Polygala welwitschii Chodat
subsp. pygmaea (Gürke) Paiva
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Sandy margin of riverside and dambo
Mumbuluma area
Mar 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
Sandy margin of riverside and dambo
Mumbuluma area
Mar 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
Sandy margin of riverside and dambo
Mumbuluma area
Mar 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
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Polygala pygmaea Gürke
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Description:
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Very small tufted annual, usually less than 12 cm tall. Leaves linear-elliptic, up to 60 mm long, hairless or minutely pubescent. Flowers pinkish, lilac or white in congested racemes overtopped by the leaves. Capsule up to c. 2.5 mm in diameter, almost round, hairless. |
Type location:
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Tanzania |
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Derivation of specific name:
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welwitschii: named after the Austrian botanist, Friedrich Martin Welwitsch (1806-1872); pygmaea: very small, dwarf |
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Angola, DRC, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
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Zambian distribution (Provinces):
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Nw,C,S,W |
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Content last updated: |
Tuesday 14 May 2019 |
Literature:
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Exell, A.W. (1960). Polygalaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Page 323. As Polygala pygmaea (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 68.
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-23
Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.
(2023).
Flora of Zambia: Species information: Polygala welwitschii subsp. pygmaea. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=133930, retrieved 4 February 2023
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