Polygala smallii
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Description: Taxonomy, description and photograph of the tiny Polygala, its habitat and distribution, life history, community ecology and special status.
in flower. Photo by D. Duval, courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. is a short-lived, herbaceous member of the milkwort family. This erect plant typically grows no taller than 8 cm (3.1 inches) in height (Kennedy 1998) and forms rosettes of 1 - 4 unbranched stems. The taproot is well developed and scented. Leaves are oblanceolate to lanceolate in shape and measure approximately 1.5 - 5 cm (0.6 - 2.0 inches) in length, and 0.2 - 1.4 cm (0.08 - 0.6 inches) in width. Asymmetrical yellow flowers appear on cylindrical racemes that measure 0.4 - 7 cm (0.2 - 2.8 inches) in length. Each flower has 5 sepals, with the lateral pair large and petaloid. Corollas are greenish-yellow and bear 3 petals. Fruit is a 2-celled capsule that opens along the center to reveal a seed 1.2 - 1.4 mm (0.05 - 0.06 inches) in length, covered in short, stiff hairs (Gann and Bradley 1995; USFWS 1999).
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| NS | Name Servers: SI-NAMES1.SI.EDU 160.111.252.5 SI-NAMES2.SI.EDU 160.111.252.6 |
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| Date | activated: 19-Jun-1992 last updated: 29-May-2013 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |