Polygala furcata Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 76, pl. 19, f. B 76 1834. (Syn: Heterosamara furcata (Royle) J.A.R. Paiva; Polygala glaucescens Royle ex Chod. (ambiguous synonym); Polygala glaucescens Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Polygala hyalina Wall.; Polygala triphylla Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don; Salomonia seguinii H. Lév.; Semeiocardium glaucescens (Wall. ex Royle) Hassk.; Semeiocardium hyalinum (Wall.) Hassk.);
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Jammu & Kashmir, India (Himachal Pradesh, Indian Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Orissa, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh), Sikkim, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan), Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma] (Kayin, Mon, Mandalay) as per Catalogue of Life;
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Polygala furcata from Uttarakhand : Attachments (1). 4 posts by 4 authors.
Polygala furcata Royel (Polygalaceae) is a small rainy season herb common on moist slopes in mid hills.
The lower part of stem is naked and yellow flowers are produced with few leaves at upper end of stem.
Photographed near Patal Ganga Chamoli district, Uttarakhand.
Thanks … for this post, I will share mine pics of the same from Chakrata.. this species was lying unidentified..
Flora of Chakrata 2013:: Polygala furcata for validation : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 2 authors.
This very small herb of grassy localities was shot from Chakrata area this August..
I was trying to id this.. many thanks … for uploading this..
Very few pics of this plant are available on web.. kindly validate the id.. Lower part of stem naked and leaves clustered at top, flowers yellow. It is correctly identified as P.furcata.
Polygala furcata : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
Sharing some pictures of P. furcata shot at Pharping Nepal on 24 August 2013 at 5000 ft. Yes matches with images by … at Polygala furcata .
Polygala furcata Royle: 5 very high res. images. Location: Kalikot, West Nepal
Altitude: 1553m.
Date: 16 August 2021
Habit : Wild
. References: Catalogue of Life The Plant List Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (also syn. as Polygala triphylla Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Polygala triphylla var. glaucescens (Wall.) Benn.) Flora of China FoC illustration Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 1 By T. Pullaiah, D. Muralidhara Rao, K. Sri Ramamurthy |