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FamilyPOLYGALACEAE
Genus speciesPolygala tenuifolia Willd. 
Habitatgrassland and thickets
Altitude200-2300m
Descriptionleaves subsessile, linear, 1-3cm, papery, glabrous, entire, acuminate, raceme terminal, secund, 5-7cm, few flowered, sepals 5, persistent, petals 3
Size15-40cm
Colorpurple
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typetuft
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
division in spring; cuttings in late summer
Territory Asia-Temperate
     Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia )
     Russian Far East (Amur , Khabarovsk , Primorye )
     China (China South-Central , Inner Mongolia , Manchuria , China North-Central , Qinghai , China Southeast )
     Mongolia
     Eastern Asia (Korea)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
Comments

POLYGALACEAE

Polygala tenuifolia Willd., Sp. Pl., ed.4. [Willdenow] 3(2): 879 (1802)

Synonyms:
Polygala sibirica tenuifolia (Willd.) Backer & Moore

Siberia, Russian Far East, China, Mongolia, Korea
30 ALT BRY CTA IRK KRA TVA WSB 31 AMU KHA PRM 36 CHC CHI CHM CHN CHQ CHS 37 MON 38 KOR

200-2300m

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