Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Polygalaceae

Polygala - [maps | photos]

• Polygala ambigua Nutt.
  Common Name: whorled milkwort
  Synonyms:
  

         • Polygala verticillata L. var. ambigua (Nutt.) Wood

• Polygala boykinii Nutt. (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: Boykin's milkwort

• Polygala cruciata L.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: drumheads

• Polygala curtissii A. Gray
  Common Name: Curtiss' milkwort

• Polygala incarnata L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: procession flower

• Polygala mariana Mill. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Maryland milkwort
  Synonyms:
  

         • Polygala harperi Small

• Polygala nana (Michx.) DC (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: candyroot

• Polygala nuttallii Torr. & A. Gray (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: Nuttall's milkwort

• Polygala polygama Walt.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: racemed milkwort

• Polygala sanguinea L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: purple milkwort

• Polygala senega L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: Seneca snakeroot

• Polygala verticillata L.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: whorled milkwort

Polygaloides - [maps | photos]

• Polygaloides paucifolia (Willd.) J.R. Abbott
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: gay wings
  Synonyms:
  

         • Polygala paucifolia Willd.

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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