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Polygala francisci is a perennial subshrub from the milkwort family, endemic to woodland edges in southern Mozambique, with small violet flowers. It is listed as vulnerable in the wild and is rarely grown, so care advice is based on general milkwort requirements.
Polygala francisci is a species of plant in the family Polygalaceae. It is endemic to the edges of woodlands in southern Mozambique at elevations of 20 to 60 metres (66 to 200 ft) above sea level. The plant is a perennial. It has violet flowers in 1.5 centimetre racemes containing 1 to 5 of them. Each flower has 8 stamens. In 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classified the species as vulnerable on its Red List due to deforestation and agriculture. According to the IUCN, much of the area inhabited by the plant is already used for or has potential to be used for agriculture.
Senega africana · Polygala alpestris · Bitter milkwort · Dwarf Milkwort · Senega ambigua · Polygala angolensis · Senega balduini · Polygala baumii · Polygala bifoliata · Senega boykinii · Chalk milkwort · Senega chapmanii
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polygala francisci by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
