Polygala serpyllifolia, J. A. C. Hose

26. P. serpyllifolia J. A. C. Hose View in CoL , Ann. Bot. {Usteri) 21: 39 (1797)

(P. serpyllacea Weihe). Stems 6-25 cm, slender, decumbent to ascending, not woody at base. Leaves 3-15 mm, the lower elliptical to obovate, opposite or subopposite, the upper lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, alternate or opposite. Racemes 1-3(-4) cm, with 3-10 flowers, terminal or pseudolateral; bracts shorter than pedicels at anthesis. Flowers usually blue. Outer sepals 1 - 5-2-5 mm; wings 4- 5~5- 5 mm, oblanceolate to elliptical; veins anastomosing. Upper petals usually longer than wings; crest of keel 10- to 25-lobed. Capsule shorter and wider than wings. Seeds ovoid; lateral lobes of strophiole c. | as long as seed. In = 32, 34, c. 68. Calcifuge. W. & C. Europe, eastwards to E. Germany and N. W. Jugoslavia. Au?Az Be Br Co Cz Da Fa GaGeHbHeHoHsItJuLuNo.