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FamilyPOLYGALACEAE
Genus speciesPolygala latouchei Franch. 
BibliographyBull. Soc. Bot. France 46: 206 (1899)
Native Rangese. China
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatgrassland and thickets
Altitude700-1300m
Descriptionleaves crowded in upper part of branchlets, petiolate, ovate-lanceolate to obovate, adaxially white setose, acute, mucronate, flowers in terminal and axillary dense racemes
Size10-20cm
Colorrose, purplish red
Bloomspring
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationmesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsPolygala nimborum Dunn
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     36 China (CHS China Southeast)
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