Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Polygala palmeri S. Wats. Proc. Am Acad. 17: 325. 1882. Stems several, 1.2-1.8 dm. high, densely and subcanescently pubescent with spreadingincurved hairs; leaves from oval below to oblong or obovate-oblong, the middle and upper 15-16 mm. long, 4.5-7 mm. wide, obtuse or truncate, mucronate, cuneate at base, thick, incurved-spreading-pubescent; racemes 3.5-4.5 cm. long, canescently pubescent, 61 1 -flowered ; flowers pale greenish-yellow and purplish; wings obovate, 5.7-6 mm. long, 2.8 mm. wide, acutish, pubescent nearly all over with spreading-incurved hairs; keel equaling wings; capsule oval-ovate, somewhat narrowed above, rounded at base, ciliolate, 10 mm. long; seed 6 mm. long; aril 1.5 mm. deep, with spreading-pilose umbo and much narrower subentire scarious margin extended into short anterior and dorsal subhorizontal lobes.
Type locality: Juarez, Coahuila.
Distribution: Extreme western Texas and Coahuila.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
