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Polygala

Polygala
Family: Polygalaceae
Polygala image
Liz Makings
  • Gleason & Cronquist
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Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada
Sep 5, the 3 outer small, the 2 inner (lateral) ones, called wings, much larger and often petaloid; pet 3, all ±united below with the filament-tube, the 2 upper ones similar, the lower one keel-shaped or boat-shaped with a fringe-like crest (in our spp.); stamens (6)8, the filaments monadelphous into a sheath split along the upper side; ovary bilocular; seed usually with an aril; ours herbs with alternate or verticillate lvs and small (except in the first sp.) fls in open to dense and spike-like or head-like racemes. 500, cosmop.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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Species within checklist: Maine Eudicots
Polygala aboriginum
Media resource of Polygala aboriginum
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Polygala ambigua
Media resource of Polygala ambigua
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Polygala cruciata
Media resource of Polygala cruciata
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Available
Polygala nuttallii
Media resource of Polygala nuttallii
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Polygala paucifolia
Media resource of Polygala paucifolia
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Available
Polygala polygama
Media resource of Polygala polygama
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Available
Polygala pretzii
Media resource of Polygala pretzii
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Available
Polygala sanguinea
Media resource of Polygala sanguinea
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Polygala senega
Media resource of Polygala senega
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Polygala verticillata
Media resource of Polygala verticillata
Map not
Available
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