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Polygala
Polygala is a large genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae. They are commonly known as milkworts or snakeroots. The genus is distributed widely throughout much of the world in temperate zones and the tropics. The genus name Polygala comes from the ancient Greek "much milk", as the plant was thought to increase milk yields in cattle.
29 branches of this group, most-observed first
Common Milkwort
speciesPolygala vulgaris
Tufted Milkwort
speciesPolygala comosa
Heath Milkwort
speciesPolygala serpyllifolia
Polygala major
speciesPolygala major
Nice Milkwort
speciesPolygala nicaeensis
Dwarf Milkwort
speciesPolygala amarella
Mountain Milkwort
speciesPolygala alpestris
Chalk Milkwort
speciesPolygala calcarea
Glumaceae
subsectionGlumaceae
Bitter Milkwort
speciesPolygala amara
Polygala alpicola
speciesPolygala alpicola
Polygala flavescens
speciesPolygala flavescens
Veiny Milkwort
speciesPolygala venulosa
Polygala anatolica
speciesPolygala anatolica
Polygala boissieri
speciesPolygala boissieri
Polygala pedemontana
speciesPolygala pedemontana
Alpine Milkwort
speciesPolygala alpina
Polygala transcaucasica
speciesPolygala transcaucasica
Polygala preslii
speciesPolygala preslii
Polygala sardoa
speciesPolygala sardoa
Polygala baetica
speciesPolygala baetica
Polygala edmundii
speciesPolygala edmundii
Polygala carueliana
speciesPolygala carueliana
Polygala papilionacea
speciesPolygala papilionacea
Polygala apiculata
speciesPolygala apiculata
Polygala doerfleri
speciesPolygala doerfleri
Polygala crista-galli
speciesPolygala crista-galli
Polygala lusitanica
speciesPolygala lusitanica
Polygala rosea
speciesPolygala rosea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1380
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.338
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.320
Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle
李時珍 · 1596 · p.24
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.343
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.337
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.336
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.116
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.342
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Plants
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.46
Illustrated Investigation of the Names and Realities of Plants, Volume 7
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.25
Illustrated Investigation of the Names and Realities of Plants, Volume 7
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.27
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1666552.