Wild Flowers Provence

Identify wild flowers, trees, shrubs, orchids and other plants in Provence, France.

Environ 2800 photos de près de 700 plantes sauvages.  Comment le voir en français.
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Polygala nicaeensis

Polygala de Nice
Nice Milkwort

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Plant family

Area

Provence Verte

Flower colour

pink,

blue

Flower size

8-11 mm

Flowering months

April,

May,

June,

July

Leaf type

Linear,

Lanceolate,

Spatulate

Height

30 cm

Description

Open woodland, dry and stony hedgerows. In the same family as Polygala myrtifolia, another introduction from South Africa frequently seen at the coast.

Flowers

Racemes of 10-40 pink, blue, or rarely white, flowers. Each flower has 3 true petals joined at the base. The lower keel petal is fringed at the tip, with the stamens sitting within the curve of the keel.

Leaves

Spatulate broad end of the leaf tapers to the point of connection with the plant stem, Linear narrow blade leaf, like grass, Lanceolate leaf is lance-shaped: long and widest in the middle. Lower leaves broad at the tip, tapered at the base, upper leaves long, wider in the middle, pointed.

Fruits Seeds

Capsule: small, rounded.

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