Polygala alpestris, Reichenb.
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25. P. alpestris Reichenb. View in CoL , Pl. Crit. 1: 25 (1823).
Stems 7-15 cm, few, decumbent or ascending. Leaves increasing in size upwards, the upper broadly lanceolate. Racemes 1-5-3-5 cm, with 5-20 flowers, dense; bracts shorter than pedicels at anthesis, caducous. Flowers blue or white. Wings 4-6-5 mm, ovate to narrowly obovate, 1- to 3-veined. Corolla about as long as wings, distinctly articulated between tube and keel, and between keel and crest. Capsule wider than wings. Seeds ellipsoid; dorsal lobe of strophiole appressed. Mountain pastures and meadows. 9 S.& S.C. Europe, from the Alps to the Pyrenees and Greece. Al Au Ga Ge G r He Hs It Ju.
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Polygala alpestris
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
P. alpestris
| Reichenb. 1823: 25 |