Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.
????? Polygala erioptera DC. POLYGALACEAE 4
Descriptions : Subshrub Very small subshrub, erect, stem covered with hairs; leaves alternate, simple, shortly petiolate, obovate; apex emarginate or rounded; leaf margins entire; both surfaces of leaf with hairs; inflorescence an extra-axillary raceme withs several flowers; flower pedicellate, subtended by a bract and 2 bracteoles; calyx with 5 lobes; 2 larger, ±
elliptic or obovate, apex obtuse; all lobes green; calyx covered with hairs; corolla with 3 petals fused to staminate tube; lowermost petal boatshaped, distal part purple, basal part whitish green; on outside with 2 flattened purple appendages, each with many finger-like lobes; upper 2 petals widely ovate, whitish with purple spots; basal part whitish green; stamens 8, monodelphous (filaments fused into a tube which is open, not sealed, in upper part; ovary flattened, hairy outside; locules 2; style flattened; stigma elongate; fruit flattened laterally with 2 locules, 1 seed per locule; seed (immature) covered with hairs, caruncle (?) at lower end.
