Hebecarpa rectipilis, synonym Polygala rectipilis, common name New Mexico milkwort, is a plant native to one county in New Mexico and to northeast Mexico. The type specimen was collected near the Town of Hillsboro in Sierra County, at an elevation of 1675 m (5500 feet).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.
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.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
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