Polygala albida Schinz
subsp. stanleyana (Chodat) Paiva

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Along main road from Thazima Gate near elephant Sanctuary, Nyika National Park.

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Synonyms:	Polygala albida Schinz var. angustifolia (Chod.) Exell Polygala stanleyana Chod.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Annual herb with slender, crisped pubescent stems. Leaves linear to narrowly elliptic, 1.5-10 cm long, mostly hairless, except sometimes with minute hairs on the midrib and margins. Flowers in terminal or lateral racemes, fairly lax in this subspecies, greenish-white, creamy-white, pale pink or blueish. Wing-sepals 4-6 mm long. Capsule broadly oblong in outline, 4.5 mm long with ciliate marginal wings.
Notes:	This subspecies is distinguished from the more common and widespread subsp. albida by the smaller flowers and laxer inflorescence.
Derivation of specific name:	albida: white
Habitat:	In Brachystegia woodland, grassland, along roadsides and in old cultivations.
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Cameroon, DRC, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Mozambique distribution:	N
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 10 July 2019
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 224. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 95. as Polygala albida subsp. angustifolia Exell, A.W. (1960). Polygalaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 320 - 322. as Polygala albida angustifolia (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 67. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 84.

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