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Polygala sphenoptera var. sphenoptera

                   

(Polygala sphenoptera)

Polygalaceae  Polygaleae 

As at April 2024, 9 herbarium specimens, 9 photo records, 9 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Polygala sphenoptera - Twiggy shrublet up to c 45 cm high, sometimes prostrate; stems and leaf-undersides shortly downy. Leaves almost stalkless, lance-shaped, mostly pointed, up to 2,5 cm long x 8 mm wide. Racemes mostly lateral, up to 6 cm long, minute bracts persisting after flowers have fallen. Flower-stalk c 5 mm long; wings purple or magenta, c 7 mm long X 5 mm wide.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.