Polygala albida Schinz
subsp. stanleyana (Chodat) Paiva

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Along main road from Thazima Gate near elephant Sanctuary, Nyika National Park.

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Synonyms:	Polygala albida Schinz var. angustifolia (Chod.) Exell Polygala stanleyana Chod.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Annual herb with slender, crisped pubescent stems. Leaves linear to narrowly elliptic, 1.5-10 cm long, mostly hairless, except sometimes with minute hairs on the midrib and margins. Flowers in terminal or lateral racemes, fairly lax in this subspecies, greenish-white, creamy-white, pale pink or blueish. Wing-sepals 4-6 mm long. Capsule broadly oblong in outline, 4.5 mm long with ciliate marginal wings.
Type location:	Angola
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Derivation of specific name:	albida: white
Habitat:	In Brachystegia woodland, grassland, along roadsides and in old cultivations.
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical Africa.
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 224. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 95. as Polygala albida subsp. angustifolia Exell, A.W. (1960). Polygalaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 320 - 322. as Polygala albida angustifolia (Includes a picture). Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22 SANBI, Pretoria Page 132. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 67. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 210. Petit, E. (1958). Polygalaceae Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi Volume VII Pages 250 - 251. as Polygala stanleyana Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 84.

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Polygala albida Schinz subsp. stanleyana (Chodat) Paiva