Polygala myrtifolia
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https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.52.52205 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B13487A9-850A-FB35-FCF1-A66EFA43F882 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Polygala myrtifolia |
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Polygala myrtifolia View in CoL L. – Fig. 11.
A Tn: Tunisia: Bizerta, Bizerta city, ruderal vegetation, one flowering individual, 9 Feb 2020, El Mokni (photo); Mahdia, Rejiche, roadside close to cultivated specimens as ornamentals, five juvenile individuals, 27 Feb 2022, El Mokni (photo); Monastir, Monastir city, roadside, three flowering individuals, 22 Aug 2019, El Mokni (photo). – Polygala myrtifolia , native to South Africa, is an evergreen shrub easily recognizable by its bright pink or pale purple flowers arranged in terminal racemes, flowering almost throughout the year. This taxon was introduced to California, France, Algeria, Corsica, Sicily, St Helena and Norfolk Island ( POWO 2022h) and has become locally to widely naturalized in the W Mediterranean region, mainly in France, Corsica and Italy ( Krüssmann 1977: 442–443; Raab-Straube 2018c +), New Zealand, the SW United States and S Australia ( GBIF 2022d). For continental N Africa, the taxon was reported only from Algeria as introduced with an uncertain degree of naturalization (see, e.g., Dobignard & Chatelain 2013; Raab-Straube 2018c +; APD 2022) and Morocco ( GBIF 2022d). This is the first record from Tunisia, a casual escape from cultivated individuals. R. El Mokni
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