Hebecarpa rectipilis
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| Hebecarpa rectipilis | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Polygalaceae |
| Genus: | Hebecarpa |
| Species: | H. rectipilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hebecarpa rectipilis | |
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Hebecarpa rectipilis, synonym Polygala rectipilis,[1] common name New Mexico milkwort,[2] is a plant native to one county in New Mexico and to northeast Mexico.[1] The type specimen was collected near the Town of Hillsboro in Sierra County, at an elevation of 1065 m (3550 feet).[2]
Hebecarpa rectipilis is herbaceous and up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall. It has oblong to ovate leaves narrowing to a point at the tip. Flowers are borne in terminal racemes of as many as 20 flowers. Flowers are purple, up to 6 mm (0.24 inches) long.[2][3][4]
References
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- ^ a b c Blake, Sydney Fay. 1916. A revision of the genus Polygala in Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 2(47): 1–122.
- ^ Abbott, John Richard. 2011. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 5(1): 134.
- ^ Wendt, T. 1979. Notes on the genus Polygala in the United States and Mexico. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 60(4): 504–514
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