''Hebecarpa macradenia'',

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''Polygala macradenia'', the glandleaf milkwort, is a sub

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in the milkwort family ( Polygalaceae) found in the Arizona Uplands of the Sonoran Desert.Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, Its "odd" flowers are said to be "spectacularly beautiful" when viewed with a hand lens.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q17467552 Polygalaceae