Polygala myrtifolia L.
POLYGALACEAE
- Milkwort family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Polygala myrtifolia L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 703 (1753)
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Myrtle-leaf milkwort
English name: butterfly-bush English name: myrtle-leaf milkwort
Italian name: Poligala a foglie di mirto
Grown habit: Shrub
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Polygalales
Family: Polygalaceae
Genus: Polygala
Species:
Page counter: 1876 ( AVG: 222.51 / 291.488 )
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Polygala myrtifolia
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Polygala myrtifolia
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Polygala myrtifolia
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Camogli, ai margini del centro abitato., GE, Liguria, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Polygala myrtifolia
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna
Polygala myrtifolia
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna
Polygala myrtifolia
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia
Polygala myrtifolia
Credit: Photo by Antonino Messina
Polygala myrtifolia
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Isola di Giannutri., GR, Toscana, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Polygala myrtifolia
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Isola di Giannutri., GR, Toscana, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Polygala myrtifolia
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Portofino, parco del Castello Brown., GE, Liguria, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Polygala myrtifolia
Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
Polygala myrtifolia
Credit: Photo by Antonino Messina
Polygala myrtifolia
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna
Polygala myrtifolia
Polygala myrtifolia
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia
Polygala myrtifolia
Polygala myrtifolia
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Isola di Giannutri., GR, Toscana, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Polygala myrtifolia
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Camogli, ai margini del centro abitato., GE, Liguria, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Polygala myrtifolia
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Camogli, ai margini del centro abitato., GE, Liguria, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Polygala myrtifolia
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna
Polygala myrtifolia
Credit: Photo by Antonino Messina
Polygala myrtifolia
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia
Polygala myrtifolia
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Roma, Orto Botanico dell'Università di Roma , Roma, Lazio, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Polygala myrtifolia
Polygala myrtifolia
Polygala myrtifolia
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Polygala myrtifolia
Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
Polygala myrtifolia
Picture modified from Richard Wettstein - Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled 'GNU Free Documentation License'.
Polygala myrtifolia
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Roma, Orto Botanico dell'Università di Roma , Roma, Lazio, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Polygala myrtifolia
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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4) Polygala portoricensis (Britton) S.F. Blake [96]
5) Polygala pretzii Pennell [148]
6) Polygala rimulicola Steyerm. var. mescalerorum T. Wendt & T.K. Todsen [325]
7) Polygala verticillata L. var. dolichoptera Fernald [143]
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9) Polygonella polygama (Vent.) Engelm. & A. Gray var. brachystachya (Meisn.) Wunderlin [132]
10) Polygonum amphibium L. var. coccineum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Farw. [182]
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