PLANTS Profile for Polygala ambigua (whorled milkwort)

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PLANTS Profile

Polygala ambigua Nutt.
whorled milkwort

Symbol:

POAM9

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygalaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

Polygala verticillata var. ambigua

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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