{"id":1256987,"date":"2020-06-22T16:13:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T16:13:04","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T11:22:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T05:52:14","slug":"polygala-sibirica","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/polygala-sibirica\/","title":{"rendered":"Polygala sibirica subsp. sibirica"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Polygala<\/i> sibirica<\/i> L., Sp. Pl. 702 1753<\/em>. (syn: Polygala barthiana<\/em> Fuss; Polygala glomerata<\/em> Thw.; Polygala japonica<\/em> var. cinerascens<\/i> Franch.; Polygala macropetala<\/em> Hassk.; Polygala pedunculosa<\/em> Thw.; Polygala sibirica<\/em> var. latifolia<\/i> Ledeb.; Polygala sibirica<\/em> var. stricta<\/i> Debeaux; Polygala venosa<\/em> Heyne ex Wall.);<\/div>\n
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Romania, Bulgaria, C- & E-European Russia, Ukraine, Moldavia, Northern Caucasus, Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia), Kazakhstan, Russian Far East, Afghanistan (Paktia \/ Khost), Pakistan,<\/span> North Korea, South Korea, China (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, Mongolia, Jammu & Kashmir, India (Himachal Pradesh, Indian Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradehs, NE-India, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Nepal,<\/span> Vietnam<\/span> as per Catalogue of Life<\/span><\/a>;<\/span><\/div>\n
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Perennial herbs, about 10-40 cm tall.<\/span> Stems slender, erect or decumbent, crispate pubescent, rootstock usually deep. Leaves simple, alternate, lowermost ovate, upper leaves linear lanceolate to linear oblong, about 6-35 x 2-8 mm across, base rounded to attenuate, margin recurved or flat, apex acute, obtuse with mucronate tip, coriaceous, scabrid above and pubescent beneath, midrib impressed above and prominent beneath, lateral veins 4-9 pairs, faint, veinlets reticulate, petiole subsessile or up to 1 mm long, stipules absent. Inflorescence in extra-axillary, terminal or leaf opposed racemes, few flowered, elongated in fruit, about 2-10 cm long. Flowers bisexual, zygomorphic, bluish purple, about 7-10 mm across, pedicels slender, about 3-4 mm long, elongated and recurved in fruit, bracts linear lanceolate, apex acute, caducous, puberulous, about 3-4 mm long, sepals 5, unequal, in 2 series, usually outer 3 small, linear lanceolate to oblong-ovate, concave, apex subacute, about 2.5-3.5 x 1.5-2 mm across, inner 2 larger petaloid winged sepals, falcately obovate to lanceolate, base narrow, apex obtuse, about 6-8 x 2-4 mm across, enlarged in fruit, 3-7 veined, veinlets anastomosing, margins ciliate or puberulous, membranous, glabrous, petals 3, pink, bluish purple, middle ones about 6 mm long, keeled, tubercled white crested, lateral ones orbicular, about 4-5 mm long, base hairy, divided in number of appendages. Stamens 8, monadelphous, filaments united basally, variously free above, into a somewhat tubular split staminal sheath, about 5-6 mm long, free portion about 1-2 mm long, anthers oblong, basifixed, dehiscing from the terminal pore, disk absent or well developed. Ovary laterally compressed, subglobose, bilocular, glabrous, about 1.5 mm long, anatropous ovules 2, anatropous, carpels 2, style terminal, about 6 mm long, stigma lateral, bidentate, superposed. Fruit capsule, compressed or flattened, obcordate, suborbicular, emarginated, about 4-5 x 5-6 mm across, margined with about 1-2 mm long wings, dehiscing loculicidal, usually enclosed in persistent sepals or winged sepals. Seeds 2, ellipsoid-obovoid, about 3-4 x 2-2.5 mm across, densely pubescent with white hairs, caruncle tri-lobed, with bi-appendiculate minute appendages, shorter about 1.5 mm long, longer about 2.5 mm long, mostly dark brown.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Grassy places, shaded places and along forest edges, altitude 1500-2800 m.<\/span><\/div>\n
Asia: Bhutan, China, India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan; Europe<\/span><\/div>\n
(Attributions- Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India.; Kailash, B. R., ATREE, Bangalore, India.; Royal Norwegian Embassy grants. Indian Bioresource Information Network (IBIN), Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi as per India Biodiversity Portal<\/span><\/a>)
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Fwd: Reg: Polygala sibirica L.<\/a> : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2<\/span>)- 4 mb and 300 kb.<\/span>
\nBinomial name:\u00a0<\/span>Polygala sibirica L.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Family: Polygalaceae<\/em><\/div>\n
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Habitat:\u00a0Shola forests and grasslands<\/span><\/div>\n
Diffuse herbs. Leaves 11-15 x 5-7 mm, oblong, acute at both ends, glabrous. Racemes 5-10 mm long, axillary. Flowers densely packed, blue; outer sepals broadly ovate, unequal; inner sepals 3 x 1.5 mm, elliptic, acuminate, glabrous; wing petals 3 mm long, obovate, dorsal petal 4 mm long; crest fimbriate, branched. Capsule 2 x 2 mm, orbicular, glabrous, seeds 1.5 x 1 mm, hairy, caruncle-lobes equal.<\/span><\/div>\n
Photographed and Identified by : S. Jeevith<\/div>\n
Place : The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nIdentification requested.<\/a>: Mixed thread: 5 images.
\nPolygala<\/em> sp.<\/p>\n

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Please check\u00a0Polygala erioptera\u00a0<\/i>DC. !<\/p>\n

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\nNot satisfied sir because it has blue flowers or it is much branched flowers arise only terminal …
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it resembles with this one is am i right please check.
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Pl. check\u00a0https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/2011\/03\/23\/polygala\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Yes, appears close to Polygala sibirica<\/em> as per FoP illustration<\/a>,\u00a0eFlora images<\/a>,\u00a0GBIF<\/a>,\u00a0chalksteppe<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0POWO<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n592 ID wild plant Polygala<\/a>: 12 high res. images.
\nPlease ID wild plant,
\nLocation: Eravikulam Rajamalai Munnar Idukki Kerala INDIA
\n<\/span>Altitude: 4500fsl
\n<\/span><\/span>Flower date: 13MAY2023, 04.35pm<\/span>
\n<\/span>Habitat: wild moisture rocky misty sloppy windy grassland alpine
\n<\/span>Plant habit: small shrub, erect, weak fleshy cylindrical tomentose stem 03mm base diameter, annual
\n<\/span><\/span>Height: 20cm<\/span>
\n<\/span>Leaves: alternate elliptic acute fleshy tomentose, size upto: 22\u00d78mm
\n<\/span>Flower: extra axillary spike inflorescence, diameter: 15mm, pink, non fragrant<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Camera:\u00a0CANON EOS1500D +FL10x<\/p>\n

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Polygala sibirica\u00a0<\/i>L.<\/p>\n

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Yes, it is\u00a0Polygala<\/i>\u00a0sibirica<\/i> dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant<\/p>\n

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References:
\n<\/span>Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0IPNI<\/a> \u00a0POWO<\/a> \u00a0GBIF<\/a> (High resolution specimens) Flora of China<\/a>\u00a0 Flora of Pakistan<\/a> \u00a0FOP illustration<\/a> Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal<\/a> \u00a0Flora of peninsular India<\/a> Flowers of India<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0 Life on Chalk<\/a>\u00a0 Flickr<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Polygala sibirica L., Sp. Pl. 702 1753. (syn: Polygala barthiana Fuss; Polygala glomerata Thw.; Polygala japonica var. cinerascens Franch.; Polygala macropetala Hassk.; Polygala pedunculosa Thw.; Polygala sibirica var. latifolia Ledeb.; Polygala sibirica var. stricta Debeaux; Polygala venosa Heyne ex Wall.); . Romania, Bulgaria, C- & E-European Russia, Ukraine, Moldavia, Northern…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[4990],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1256987","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-polygala"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1256987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1256987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1256987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1256987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1256987"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1256987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}