Index / Search / Polygala ambigua
§1 Plant
Polygala ambigua Nutt.
vernacular whorled milkwort — species · Polygalaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
- Genus
- Polygala
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 281 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 281 counties across 20 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Allen 21003
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Boyle 21021
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Grayson 21085
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Lincoln 21137
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Atchison 29005
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Caldwell 29025
- Carroll 29033
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Knox 29103
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Livingston 29117
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Monroe 29137
- Morgan 29141
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Reynolds 29179
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 11 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mercer 42085
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Venango 42121
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hardeman 47069
- Hawkins 47073
- Hickman 47081
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lincoln 47103
- Marion 47115
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Perry 47135
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
- Wilson 47189
West Virginia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POAM9 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3191461 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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