Galega officinalis
Galega officinalis subsp. var. | Goat's rue, French lilac, Italian fitch, professor-weed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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syn. Galega bicolor, Hausskn. Perhaps a form of G. officinalis: lfts. oblong-linear rather than oblong-lanceolate, often retuse: raceme more lax or open: calyx-teeth mostly shorter than the tube rather than longer: standard deep blue, the wings and keel whitish blue. Mesopotamia.
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- "Goat's rue" redirects here. For another plant known as Goat's rue, see Tephrosia virginiana.
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Galega officinalis, Linn. Goat's Rue. Fig. 1618. Height 2-3 ft.: lfts. mucronate: fls. purplish blue. Eu., W. Asia. Var. alba or albiflora is commoner in cult. Var. hartlandii, Hort., has large spikes of lilac fls. and the young foliage variegated.— A rose-colored variety is sold as Var. carnea, Hort., which is also known in a double-fld. form; a dwarf, compact, lilac-fld. variety sold under the name Var. compacta, is also known. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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