Herbarium JCB

Polygala elongata Klein ex Willd.

Family : POLYGALACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Polygalaceae
Species : Polygala elongata
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Polygala elongata Klein ex Willd. (Unresolved name)
Common name : Long-leaved Polygala
Collection Nos : KFP 12143, KFP 14645, CJS 10393
Key identification features : An erect herb. Leaves are linear, elliptic-lanceolate and hairy. Flowers are about 1.5 cm across and are usually in terminal racemes. Fruit is a rhomboidal capsule.
Habit : Herb
Native : India
Comments : Frequent herb in various habitats. Common on grassy hill slopes during rainy seasons.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamrajnagar, Chikamagalur, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Yadgir
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara