Polygala vulgaris
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Growing form
Perennial herb.
Size
10–25 cm high.
Stem
The plant is multiple-stemmed. The stems are ascending – nearly erect, typically simple, slightly lignified at the base, and pubescent.
Leaf
The leaves are lanceolate – elongate, simple and pubescent. By flowering time, the proximal leaves have withered.
Root
The rhizome is forked.
Flower
The inflorescence is rather long, lax terminal raceme with 10–30 flowers. The prophylls are caducous. The flowers are bisexual, and typically blue, rarely purple, rose red or white. The calyx is five-leaved. Two of the innermost sepals are large, petaloid and obscurely veined. The outermost sepals are short and blue-greenish. The corolla is tubular and three-lobed. The upper lobes are rounded at the apex. The lowest lobe is keeled and lobed at the apex. There are eight stamens in two clusters in a flower.
Fruit and seed
The fruit is a cordate, compressed capsule with a broad hyaline margin.
The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.
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- isolinnunruoho (Finnish)
- jungfrulin (Swedish)
- AOV - spontaneous, old, resident
Threatened species (NCD 1997/160, Appendix 4 2021/521) ? Plant species that are protected in the whole country (NCD 1997/160, Appendix 3a 2021/521) ? Species to be protected urgently (Finnish Environment Institute 2020) ? OUTDATED Species to be protected urgently (Finnish Environment Institute 2010-2011) ? Vascular plants – SUMI Project 2022 ? Safeguarding Endangered Species in Forestry – Lajiturva Project 2019–2021 ? Species used in the automatic procedure for forest use notifications (MKI-OHKE 2023) ? OUTDATED Threatened species (NCD 1997/160, Appendix 4 2013/471) ?
- 2019 VU – Vulnerable
- 2010 VU – Vulnerable
- 2000 VU – Vulnerable
- Mikko Piirainen
- Vascular plants