PLANTS Profile for Polygala alba (white milkwort)

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PLANTS Profile

Polygala alba Nutt.
white milkwort

Symbol:

POAL4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygalaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Polygala alba Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Polygala alba Nutt.

POALS3

Polygala alba Nutt. var. suspecta S. Watson

Distribution:
Polygala alba Nutt.


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USA (AZ, CO, KS, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WY), CAN (AB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Polygala alba Nutt.

View 5 genera in Polygalaceae, 66 species in Polygala

Classification:
Polygala alba Nutt.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Polygalales
Family	Polygalaceae – Milkwort family
Genus	Polygala L. – polygala
Species	Polygala alba Nutt. – white milkwort

More Accounts and Images:
Polygala alba Nutt.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29323.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 06:34 PM CDT