familyPolygalaceae
genusPolygala
speciesPolygala glochidata

Polygala glochidata

Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.

Nov. Gen. Sp. 5(fol.): 313; 5(qto.): 400. 1823.

J. Richard Abbott
Common names: Glochidiate milkwort
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Herbs annual, single-stemmed, 1–3 dm, unbranched or branched throughout; from taproot or fibrous-root cluster. Stems erect, pubescent or subglabrous, hairs spreading. Leaves whorled, at least proximally; sessile or subsessile; blade narrowly oblanceolate-spatulate to linear or scalelike, 3–25 × 0.5–2 (–5) mm, base cuneate, apex rounded or acute, surfaces pubescent. Racemes cylindric, 1–3 × 0.5 cm; peduncle to 1 cm; bracts deciduous, narrowly ovate. Pedicels 0.5–1 mm, glabrous. Flowers pink, purple, or white, 2.5–4.5 mm; sepals ovate to elliptic, 0.5–1 mm; wings mostly elliptic, to ovate or obovate, 3–5 × 2–3 mm, apex acute or obtuse; keel 2.7–3.8 mm, crest 2-parted with 2–4 entire or 2-fid lobes on each side. Capsules ellipsoid, 1.5–2 × 1 mm, margins not winged. Seeds 0.7–1.1 mm, pubescent, hairs glochidiate; aril vestigial or, rarely, to 0.1 mm, unlobed.


Phenology: Flowering summer–late fall.
Habitat: Grasslands, montane slopes, near ephemeral springs or seeps.
Elevation: 1000–1800 m.

Distribution

Ariz., Mexico (Aguascalientes), Mexico (Baja California Sur), Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Durango), Mexico (Guanajuato), Mexico (Jalisco), Mexico (México), Mexico (Michoacán), Mexico (Sonora), Mexico (Tabasco), Mexico (Veracruz), West Indies, Central America, South America

Discussion

Polygala glochidata occurs in Cochise, Pima, and Santa Cruz counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Anther dehiscence
dehiscent +
Anther fixation
basifixed +
Apex shape
obtuse +, acute +  and rounded +
Aril prominence
, +  and vestigial +
Aril shape
unlobed +
Aril some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br />) +
Author
J. Richard Abbott +
Authority
Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al. +
Base shape
cuneate +
Blade architecture
veined +
Blade atypical width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Blade coloration or relief
punctate +
Blade growth form
dimorphic +
Blade length
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Blade position or structure subtype
secondary +
Blade prominence
obscure +
Blade shape
narrowly oblanceolate-spatulate +  and linear or scalelike +
Blade size
uniform +
Blade surface pubescence
pubescent +  and glabrous +
Blade width
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Bract duration
deciduous +
Bract quantity
1 +
Bract shape
ovate +
Bracteole presence
absent +
Capsule length
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Capsule shape
ellipsoid +
Capsule width
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
Common name
Glochidiate milkwort +
Corymb arrangement
fascicles +
Corymb size
reduced +
Crest pubescence
glabrous +
Crest shape
2-parted +
Distribution
Ariz. +, Mexico (Aguascalientes) +, Mexico (Baja California Sur) +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +, Mexico (Durango) +, Mexico (Guanajuato) +, Mexico (Jalisco) +, Mexico (México) +, Mexico (Michoacán) +, Mexico (Sonora) +, Mexico (Tabasco) +, Mexico (Veracruz) +, West Indies +, Central America +  and South America +
Elevation
1000–1800 m. +
Filament fusion
connate +
Flower architecture
sessile +  and pedicellate +
Flower architecture or shape
symmetric +
Flower arrangement
not grouped +
Flower atypical some measurement
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flower coloration
white +, purple +  and pink +
Flower coloration or density
purple +
Flower location
in proximal leaf-axils +  and subterranean +
Flower quantity
fewer +
Flower reproduction
cleistogamous +  and chasmogamous +
Flower some measurement
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
Fruits capsule architecture
samaroid +  and pseudomonomerous +
Fruits capsule dehiscence
dehiscent +
Fruits capsule pubescence
glabrous +  and pubescent +
Fruits capsule shape
isodiametric +  and slightly oblong +
Habitat
Grasslands, montane slopes, near ephemeral springs or seeps. +
Hair orientation
spreading +
Hair pubescence
glochidiate +
Herb architecture
branched +, unbranched +  and single-stemmed +
Herb architecture or growth form
multistemmed +
Herb arrangement
cluster +
Herb duration
annual +
Herb quantity
single +
Herb some measurement
1dm (3dm) +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Keel shape
crested +
Keel some measurement
0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br /> (0.38 cm3.8 mm <br />0.0038 m <br />) +
Lateral inner sepal architecture
petaloid +
Lateral inner sepal fusion
adnate +
Lateral inner sepal size
expanded +
Lateral petal quantity
2 +
Lateral petal size
reduced +
Leaf architecture
subsessile +  and sessile +
Leaf arrangement
whorled +
Leaf position
cauline +  and basal +
Leaf presence
absent +
Leaf variability
uniform +
Lobe quantity
2 (4) +
Lobe shape
2-fid +  and entire +
Locule atypical quantity
2 (40) +
Lower petal life cycle
anthesis +
Lower petal quantity
1 +
Lower sepal quantity
2 +
Margin architecture
not winged +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin position
leaf-opposed +, axillary +  and terminal +
Margin pubescence
glabrous +, ciliolate +  and ciliate +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Outer sepal quantity
1 +  and 3 +
Ovary architecture
2-loculed +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
2[-8]-locular +
Ovary placentation
axile +
Ovary position
superior +
Ovule quantity
1 +
Pedicel architecture
winged +
Pedicel presence
absent +
Pedicel pubescence
glabrous +
Pedicel some measurement
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
Peduncle presence
absent +
Peduncle some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Petal quantity
3 +
Phenology
Flowering summer–late fall. +
Pistil architecture
syncarpous +  and 2[-8]-carpellate +
Publication title
Nov. Gen. Sp. +
Publication year
1823 +
Raceme architecture
interrupted +
Raceme length
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Raceme shape
cylindric +
Raceme width
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
Reference
None +
Rootstock coloration
usually brownish +  and whitish +
Rootstock relief
exfoliating +
Seed architecture
arillate +
Seed architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Seed coloration
blackish +
Seed pubescence
pubescent +
Seed quantity
1 +
Seed shape
ellipsoid +
Seed some measurement
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br />) +
Seeds coat architecture
arillate +
Seeds coat pubescence
pubescent +
Sepal arrangement
imbricate +
Sepal duration
persistent +
Sepal pubescence
glabrous +
Sepal quantity
5 +
Sepal shape
ovate +  and elliptic +
Sepal size
unequal +
Sepal some measurement
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +
Shrub architecture
unarmed +
Shrub growth form
clonal +
Shrub reproduction
synoecious +
Slit height or length or size
short +
Species architecture
capsular +
Stamen atypical quantity
6 (8) +
Stamen quantity
8 +
Stem architecture or arrangement
lax +
Stem growth form or orientation
prostrate +  and decumbent +
Stem orientation
erect +
Stem pubescence
subglabrous +  and pubescent +
Stigma quantity
2 +
Stipule architecture
not +  and petiolate +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style quantity
1 +
Subapical pore quantity
1 +
Surface pubescence
pubescent +
Taxon family
Polygalaceae +
Taxon name
Polygala glochidata +
Taxon parent
Polygala +
Taxon rank
species +
Upper petal arrangement or vernation
conduplicate +
Upper petal orientation
reflexed +
Upper petal quantity
2 +
Upper petal shape
crested +  and lobed +
Upper sepal quantity
2 +
Volume
Volume 10 +
Wing duration
persistent +
Wing length
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Wing pubescence
glabrous +
Wing shape
mostly elliptic +  and ovate or obovate +
Wing some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Wing width
2mm;3mm +