Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Herb up to c. 35 cm tall. Stems very slender, crisped pubescent. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 5-7 mm long hairless, apex with a needle-like point; margin somewhat rolled under. Flowers bright pink, in 1-5-flowered lateral racemes on pedicels 3-4 mm long. Capsule suborbicular in outline, c.5.5 × 5 mm, hairless with a narrowly winged margin.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Polygala adamsonii Exell Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=177060
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Local
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Polygala adamsonii Exell Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=177060
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Only known from Mt Mulanje, Malawi and Serra de Guruè in Mozambique.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Polygala adamsonii Exell Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=177060
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings