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Polygaloides chamaebuxus, synonym Polygala chamaebuxus, [1] the shrubby milkwort, is an ornamental plant in the family Polygalaceae. [2] Its flowers are solitary or in pairs in the leaf axils. The inner two sepals, the wings, are upright and white to yellow, sometimes pinkish or purple. The keel petals are bright yellow, aging to brownish-red ...
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 [ 1 ] in temperate zones and the tropics . [ 2 ]
Polygalaceae are annual or perennial herbs, shrubs, trees or lianas. [5] Its zygomorphic, hermaphrodite, bisexual flowers have 3-5 petals and 5 sepals. [6] [7] Its leaves are usually alternate, but may be opposite, fascicled, or verticillate. [6]
Polygonum polygaloides is a North American species of flowering plants in the buckwheat family known by the common names milkwort knotweed and polygala knotweed. It is native to much of western North America, where it can be found in many types of moist habitat. It is a variable species, usually divided into a number of subspecies.
The species was first described, as Polygala paucifolia, by Carl Ludwig Willdenow in 1802. In 2011, John Richard Abbott divided up part of the genus Polygala into more sharply defined genera. He placed P. paucifolia in Polygaloides as Polygaloides paucifolia. [5] Gaywings on Mackinac Island, Michigan
Foliage of Polygala myrtifolia - Nature's Valley, South Africa Polygala myrtifolia Bark of Polygala myrtifolia - Nature's Valley, South Africa. Polygala myrtifolia, the myrtle-leaf milkwort, [1] is an evergreen 2–4 m tall South African shrub or small tree found along the southern and south-eastern coasts, from near Clanwilliam in the Western Cape to KwaZulu-Natal.
Senega lewtonii is a rare species of flowering plant in the milkwort family known by the common name Lewton's polygala, or Lewton's milkwort. It is endemic to Florida in the United States, where it is limited to the central ridge of the peninsula. There are about 49 occurrences of the plant remaining. [1] Most occurrences contain very few plants.
Senega officinalis is a species of flowering plant in the milkwort family, Polygalaceae.It is native to North America, where it is found in southern Canada and the central and eastern United States.