| Polygalaceae |
 Polygala comosa |
Polygala L. |
| P. comosa Schkuhr, Bot. ,Handb. 2: 324 (1796). Syn: P. hybrida DC, Prodr. 1: 325 (1824); P. podolica DC, loc. cit.; P. vulgaris subsp. comosa (Schkuhr) Chodat, op. cit., 453. Iα: Reichb., Iα Fl. Germ. 3: t. 1346, 16-26 (1858).Perennial with woody caudex. Stems numerous, ± ascending. Lower leaves obovate-spathulate, upper linear-lanceolate. Inflorescences all terminal. Young inflorescences comose. Bracts clearly exceeding the pedicels. Upper sepal not gibbous. Inner sepals equalling the corolla, narrowly elliptic, substipitate, with anastomosing veins, red-purple. Capsule obcordate, shortly stipitate, 5-6 x 4-5 mm. Fl. 4. Type: Germany, Wittenburg, auf dem Appollensberge. Scattered, mainly in Outer Anatolia. A2(E) Istanbul: Halkali, Azn.! A2(A) Kocaeli: Gebze, 50 m, D. 26262! A6 Samsun: Samsun, Tchihatcheff. C2 Muğla: Muğla to Fethiye, Hub.-Mor. 5834. C5 Içel: Findikpinariköy to Akarca, 900 m, It. Leyd. 1959: 1122! C6 Hatay: Karlik Tepe, Soğuk Oluk, 1000 m, D. 27081! Throughout Europe, except the N & W. D. 27081 shows fruit characters of P. anatolica. |