Polygalaceae
Polygala

Polygala hamarensis Thulin & Raimondo

First published in Nordic J. Bot. 10: 467 (1990)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Somalia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Type
S2, Muqdisho, Thulin 4417 (UPS holo.).
Morphology General Habit
Dwarf perennial with stems up to 8 cm long, vegetative parts glabrous or pubescent with spreading hairs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves elliptic-oblong to obovate or suborbicular, 3–14 x 2–7 mm, rounded to emarginate at the apex
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes lateral, dense, few-flowered; bracts persistent; pedicels c. 1.5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Outer sepals 1.6–2.4 mm long, free; wings oblanceolate, curved, c. 4.8 x 1.6 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Upper petals purple, free part 1.6–2 mm long; keel c. 4 mm long, purple at tip and with a conspicuous fringed appendage
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule obovate, c. 4 x 2.4 mm, narrowly winged and emarginate at the apex, glabrous or pubescent along margins
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds c. 3 mm long, densely hairy; caruncle c. 0.5 x 0.5 mm, with 3 appendages c. 0.4 mm long.
Distribution
S2 not known elsewhere.
Ecology
Altitude range 10–25 m.
[FSOM]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0