Polygala lhunzeensis (Polygala lhunzeensis)
Description
Herbs perennial,15-20 cm tall.Stems simple or little branched,curved pubescent.Petiole short;leaf blade green,lanceolate to linear-lanceolate,1-2 cm × 2-4 mm,papery,both surfaces sparsely curved pubescent,midvein slightly raised abaxially,impressed adaxially,lateral veins absent,base cuneate,margin entire,apex acuminate,mucronate.Racemes extra-axillary,3-4 cm,laxly 5-10-flowered;bracts 2,caducous.Pedicel ca.3 mm.Sepals 5,persistent,ciliate;outer sepals 3,nearly equal,lanceolate;inner sepals 2,oblong,large,ca.5.5 × 2 mm,3-veined,veins multibranched,margin membranous,hyaline,apex subrounded,mucronate.Petals 3,connate at base,pink;lateral petals elliptic,3-3.5 mm,inside white pubescent at base;keel cucullate,longer than lateral petals,4.5-5 mm,abaxially pubescent,apex with fimbriate appendages.Stamens 8;filaments ca.5 mm,united into an open staminal sheath,upper 1/5 of sheath 2-lobed;anthers sessile.Ovary obovoid,ca.1 mm in diam.;style ca.2.5 mm,apex curved;stigmas 2.Capsule obcordate to suborbicular,ca.4 mm in diam.,margin narrowly winged,ciliate,apex retuse,mucronate.Seeds ovoid,ca.1.5 mm in diam.,white pubescent,with 3-lobed orbicular appendages.Fl.and fr.Jun-Jul.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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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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