Broom Milkwort (Polygala lancifolia)
Description
Sub-busts erect,sub-decumbent or prostrate and supportive,20 - 156 cm alt.Cilia folios,cylindrical,densely pilose,with short trichomes,without glands,with basal,medial or terminal branching.Leaves petiolate,alternate,membranaceous to papyraceae,hairy,without glands,lanceolate blades 5 - 54 × 2 - 27 mm,apex,obtuse,acuminate or spittle,acute or obtuse base,serrated margin,ciliated;petiole 1.5 - 3 mm.Bracts and deciduous bractae,ciliated margin.Racem pedunculate,terminal,cylindrical,1 - 6 cm,laxifloros.Flowers 2.3 - 3.2 mm length,white,cream to greenish;pedicels 0.5 -1 mm long,glabrous,reflections on fruiting.External sepals glabrous,without glands,acute apex,hairy margin;one oval sepal,1.5 - 2.1 mm length;two sepals free and equal to each other,ovate - ellipticals,1.3 - 1.8 mm length;internal glabrous sepals,without glands,suborbicular,obovate - elliptic,broad - obovate or broad - ovate,2.3 - 3 mm length,rounded apex,acute base.Side petals glabrous,without glands,elliptic,2 - 2.5 mm length,obtuse apex;carina cristada,without glands,crest 0.9 - 1.1 mm length,with 3 -6 simple and bifid wolves.Ovary glabrous,without glands,suborbicular or cordiform.Capsules pubérulas glabrous or with short trichomes scarce and without glands,oblong or suborbicular,2.5 -.4.3 mm long,not estipitadas,winged,emarginadas the two edges.Seeds pubérulas narrow - oblong,2.5 - 3.3 mm compose with appendix entire membranous or slightly bilobed,reaching 4/5 of the total length of the seed..(LÜDTKE,2013).
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Fabales
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Family: Polygalaceae
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Genus: Polygala
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