Hebecarpa rectipilis

Hebecarpa rectipilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Polygalaceae
Genus:	Hebecarpa
Species:	H. rectipilis
Binomial name
	Hebecarpa rectipilis; (S.F.Blake) J.R.Abbott
Synonyms
	Polygala rectipilis S.F.Blake ;

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 1675 m (5500 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.²³⁴

References

"Hebecarpa rectipilis (S.F.Blake) J.R.Abbott". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
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

[POWO_60456674-2-1] "Hebecarpa rectipilis (S.F.Blake) J.R.Abbott". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2020-04-14.

[asdfhuiw9eth-2] 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.

[3] Abbott, John Richard. 2011. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 5(1): 134.

[4] 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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