Polygala petitiana
petitiana
petitiana
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Slopes of Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts..
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Slopes of Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts..
Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts..
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Slopes of Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts..
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| Synonyms: |
var. calceolata Norl. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual herb up to 90 cm long. Stems slender, hairless or almost so. Leaves linear-elliptic, sometimes very narrowly so, 2-4 cm long, with a needle-like tip, hairless. Flowers elongated terminal racemes up to 15 cm long, blue, mauve, purple, white or yellowish. Wing sepals yellowish with dark veining. Pedicels up to 3 mm long. Capsule 3-4 mm long, oblong-elliptic, very narrowly winged. |
| Type location: |
Zimbabwe, Inyanga |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | petitiana: after Antoine Petit (?-1843), French naturalist and botanist who traveled to Ethiopia. He was killed by a crocodile in the Tacazze River in 1843. |
| Habitat: | In Brachystegia woodland, grassland or in swamps, usually on sandy soils. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| FZ divisions: | N,MS |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 1 December 2014 |
| Literature: |
Exell, A.W. (1960). Polygalaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Page 334. as P. petitiana var. calceolata 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 67. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 211. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 84. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 97. As Polygala petitiana |
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Flora of Zambia: Polygala petitiana subsp. petitiana var. petitiana
Flora of Zimbabwe: Polygala petitiana subsp. petitiana var. petitiana
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