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"Colutea arborescens Colutea arborescens is a species of leguminous shrub known by the common name bladder-senna. It is native to Europe and North Africa, but it is known on other continents where it is grown as an ornamental and used in landscaping for erosion control. It is also known in the wild as an occasionally weedy escapee from cultivation. Description It is a vigorous shrub to 3 m, takes a rounded form and has many branches covered in deciduous leaves. The leaves are pale green and made up of many pairs of slightly hairy oval-shaped leaflets, each up to about 3 cm long. The inflorescence is a raceme of generally pea-like yellow flowers about 3 cm long. The fruit is an inflated bladdery pod which dries to a papery texture. It is 2 to 3 cm long and contains many seeds. Cultivation It will grow in poor dry soil in exposed conditions, but likes full sun. It propagates by seed or softwood cuttings. References External links *Jepson Manual Treatment *USDA Plants Profile * *Photo gallery Galegeae Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus "
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"Polygala vulgaris, known as the common milkwort, is a herbaceous perennial plant of the genus Polygala in the family Polygalaceae. Description The biological form of Polygala vulgaris is hemicryptophyte scapose,Pignatti S. - Flora d'Italia – Edagricole – 1982. Vol. II, pag. 32 as its overwintering buds are situated just below the soil surface and the floral axis is more or less erect with a few leaves. Polygala vulgaris reaches on average in height. The stems have many branches and are woody at the base. It has alternating pointed leaves, almost glabrous, 2 to 4 mm wide and 10 to 20 mm long. Basal leaves are spatulate, with rounded apex, while the upper leaves are lanceolate. The flowers are gathered in long terminal inflorescences. The colour of the corolla varies between blue and violet, it can rarely occur in purple forms. The flower's outer three sepals are normally small, green and insignificant, whilst the inner two sepals are bigger. The inner sepals are usually shorter than the petals. The stalks of the eight stamens are joined together to form a tube, and united with this tube, one on either side, are two tiny petals. On the lower side of the flower lies the third petal; it too, is joined to the stamen tube, but it is larger, and fringed. The flowering period extends from May through July. Common milkwort is quite similar to the heath milkwort (Polygala serpyllifolia), but in this species the inner sepals are usually longer than the petals. The heath milkwort can be all the same colours except for white. These four possible colours account for the milkworts' Irish folk- name of 'four sisters'. Distribution This species is widespread in Europe, in Asia up to Japan and in US (Oregon and Michigan).Plants Habitat Common milkwort grows in meadows, slopes, edges of forests, heaths, sunny woods, dunes and grasslands. It is frequent in patches on calcerous grassland, from sea level up to 2200 meters. Flower of Polygala vulgaris Culture In Scandinavia, it was called Freya's hair, but after the introduction of Christianity, it was renamed after the Virgin Mary.Schön, Ebbe. (2004). Asa- Tors hammare, Gudar och jättar i tro och tradition. Fält & Hässler, Värnamo. p. 228. Medicinal uses According to Classical and Renaissance writers common milkwort was used medicinally as an infusion to increase the flow of a nursing mother's milk. Subspecies * Polygala vulgaris subsp. alpestris (Reichenb.) Rouy & Fouc. [= Polygala alpestris Reichenb. ] * Polygala vulgaris subsp. comosa (Schkuhr) C$elak. [= Polygala comosa Schkuhr ] * Polygala vulgaris subsp. rosea [= Polygala nicaeensis subsp. caesalpini Bubani ] * Polygala vulgaris subsp. nicaeensis (Koch) Rouy & Fouc. [= Polygala nicaeensis Koch ] * Polygala vulgaris subsp. calliptera (Le Grand) Rouy & Fouc. [= Polygala vulgaris subsp. calliptera L. ] * Polygala vulgaris var. calliptera Le Grand [= Polygala vulgaris subsp. calliptera (Le Grand) Rouy & Fouc. ] * Polygala vulgaris subsp. collina (Reichenb.) Borbás [= Polygala vulgaris subsp. collina L. ]Subspecies in Anthos Gallery File:Polygalaceae - Polygala vulgaris-3.JPGPlants of Polygala vulgaris File:Polygalaceae - Polygala vulgaris.JPGInflorescence of Polygala vulgaris File:Polygalaceae - Polygala vulgaris-4.JPGClose-up on flowers of Polygala vulgaris File:Milkwort blue.JPGBlue Common milkwort File:Milkwort mauve.JPGMauve Common milkwort File:Polygalaceae - Polygala vulgaris-2.JPGLeaves of Polygala vulgaris References * The Wild Flower Key British Isles-N.W. Europe by Francis Rose, page 132 * Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain - The Reader's Digest Association Limited, London, 2004 * Acta Plantarum External links * Biolib * Schede di Botanica vulgaris Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Flora of Europe Flora of Asia Flora of Japan Flora of the United States Flora of Oregon Flora of Michigan "