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Polygala myrtifolia - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Arcos, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 8/2010 © Jörn Germer

Polygala myrtifolia - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Polygala myrtifolia - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Polygala myrtifolia - Branch - Click to enlarge!

Branch; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Polygala myrtifolia - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1300
Date of entry: 12.05.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Myrtle-Leaf Milkwort

German: Myrten-Kreuzblume

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Polygalales (14)

        Family: Polygalaceae (6)(family description)

          Genus: Polygala (6)

            Epithet: myrtifolia L. (1)

myrtifolia => myrtle-leaved

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: violet

External links

Check for Polygala myrtifolia at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [3] González, G.L. (2004): Guia de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Iberica y Baleares. Mundi-Prensa Libros, Madrid, Spain.

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