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Polygala linarifolia (Polygala linarifolia)

Description

Annual or perennial herb with ± ascending branches,to 20 cm high;stems with curled or straight hairs. Leaves variable,obovate,linear-oblong or narrow-elliptic,5–45 mm long,1–10 mm wide,± sparsely hairy. Racemes lateral,1–9 cm long,pedicels 2–6 mm long.Flowers 3–5 mm long,purplish blue or yellow.Outer sepals 1–2 mm long;wing sepals 3–4 mm long.Keel about as long as or longer than the lateral petals,with 2 small forked appendages. Capsule broad-oblong,3–4 mm long.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Fabales

            • Family: Polygalaceae

              • Genus: Polygala