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Polygala ambigua Nutt.
whorled milkwort

       
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Photo of Polygala ambigua Nutt.
Polygala verticillata var. ambigua

©William S. Justice. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of Systematic Biology, Botany. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.
 
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Polygala ambigua Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Polygala ambigua Nutt.

  POVEA Polygala verticillata L. var. ambigua (Nutt.) Alph. Wood
  POVED Polygala verticillata L. var. dolichoptera Fernald
 

Distribution:
Polygala ambigua Nutt.

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Polygala ambigua Nutt.

View 5 genera in Polygalaceae, 66 species in Polygala
 

Classification:
Polygala ambigua 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 ambigua Nutt. – whorled milkwort
 

More Accounts and Images:
Polygala ambigua Nutt.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 519324.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 06/19/2013 07:51 AM CDT