Polygala wilsonii Small

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Polygalaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Polygala wilsonii Small

  • Description

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    Species Description - Plant annual, fleshy, stout, glabrous, bright-green. Stems usually several or many together arising from the top of the stout root, simple or occasionally branched, usually near the base or near the inflorescence; leaves numerous, whorled on the lower part of the stem, alternate above, the blades of the lower leaves cuneate or obovate, obtuse, mucronate or apiculate, those of the upper leaves spatulate, oblong or linear, mostly 1-2 cm. long, longer than those of the lower leaves, minutely spine-tipped; racemes stout, greatly elongate in age, acute at the apex, the bracts fugacious and the mature pedicels deciduous from the rachis; pedicels about 1 mm. long; flowers not drooping; sepals bright green, the upper one ovate, the lower ones lanceolate, all less than 2 mm. long; wings about 3 mm. long, the blade oval or obovate, short-clawed, the center greenish-yellow, the margins white; corolla about 2.5 mm. long, the petals very broad, united to near the apex, rounded; capsules oblong-ovoid, 4-5 mm. long, much surpassing the wings; seeds broadly clavate, about 3 mm. long, covered with spreading hairs, the caruncle less than one half the length of the body.

  • Discussion

    Type collected on the Anguilla Isles, Salt Key Bank, Bahamas, May, 1909, Wilson 8030. Related to Polygala praetervisa Chodat ; differing in the very fleshy foliage, the relatively larger parts throughout, the narrower upper sepal, and the capsule, which is long-exserted beyond the wings. Wilson's Polygala.

  • Distribution

    Anguilla Isles, Salt Key Bank, Bahamas,

    Anguilla South America| Bahamas South America|