Description:
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Annual herb up to 40 cm tall, usually branching near the base. Leaves linear-elliptic, 7 × 30 mm long, sparsely pubescent or hairless; apex mucronate. Flowers mauve or lilac, drying yellowish-white, in elongated terminal racemes, up to 12 cm long. Capsule up to c. 2 × 1.2 mm, obovate-oblong, slightly winged. |
Literature:
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Exell, A.W. (1960). Polygalaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 327 - 328. (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 67.
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