PLANTS Profile for Polygala paucifolia (gaywings)

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PLANTS Profile

Polygala paucifolia Willd.
gaywings

Symbol:

POPA5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygalaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Polygala paucifolia Willd.

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Synonyms:
Polygala paucifolia Willd.

	POPA4	Polygaloides paucifolia (Willd.) J.R. Abbott
	TRPA13	Triclisperma paucifolia (Willd.) Nieuwl.

Distribution:
Polygala paucifolia Willd.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (AB, MB, NB, NF, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Polygala paucifolia Willd.

View 5 genera in Polygalaceae, 66 species in Polygala

Classification:
Polygala paucifolia Willd.

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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 paucifolia Willd. – gaywings

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Polygala paucifolia Willd.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
gay-wing milkwort		Endangered
Kentucky:
gaywings		Endangered
Ohio:
gay-wings		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Polygala paucifolia Willd.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Polygala paucifolia Willd.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29306.

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).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 08:50 AM CDT