Family | POLYGALACEAE |
Genus species | Polygala parrasana Brandegee |
Bibliography | Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 365 (1917) |
Native Range | ne. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | densely pubescent, leaves oval or elliptic-oblong, 3-9mm, apiculate to obtuse, cuneate, thickish, rather crowded, raceme lax, 3-7-flowered, wings oval, 5mm |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | greenish |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |