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FamilyPOLYGALACEAE
Genus speciesPolygala sibirica L. 
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 702 (1753)
Native Rangec. & e. Romania to Temp. Asia and n. Indo-China
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude300-3300m
Descriptionleaves ovate and lanceolate, acute, racemes axillary, flowers 5-10, 6-7mm long
Size10-30cm
Colorblue, lilac
Bloomsummer
Ca+
Typeperennial
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C
division in spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsPolygala barthiana Fuss
Polygala hakobi (Tamamsch.) Nevski
Polygala heyneana Wall. ex Wight & Arn.
Polygala japonica var. cinerascens Franch.
Polygala macropetala Hassk.
Polygala monopetala Cambess.
Polygala sibirica var. ciliata (Tamamsch.) Nevski
Polygala sibirica f. ciliata Tamamsch.
Polygala sibirica var. hakobi Tamamsch.
Polygala sibirica ssp. heyneana (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Kit Tan
Polygala sibirica var. heyneana (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) A.W.Benn.
Polygala sibirica f. latifolia (Ledeb.) Regel
Polygala sibirica var. latifolia Ledeb.
Polygala sibirica var. monopetala (Cambess.) Chodat
Polygala sibirica var. stricta Debeaux
Polygala venosa B.Heyne ex Wall.
Territory1 Europe
     13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, ROM Romania)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, PRM Primorye)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan)
     33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus)
     34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan)
     36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet)
     37 Mongolia
     38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea)
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, BAN Bangladesh, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya)
     41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar, VIE Vietnam)
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