Polygala welwitschii
pygmaea
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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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| Synonyms: |
Polygala pygmaea Gürke |
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| Description: |
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: |
Tanzania |
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| Derivation of specific name: | welwitschii: named after the Austrian botanist, Friedrich Martin Welwitsch (1806-1872); pygmaea: very small, dwarf |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
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| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,C,S,W |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 14 May 2019 |
| Literature: |
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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