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§1 Plant
Polygala cruciata L.
vernacular drumheads — 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
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 332 counties across 29 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 332 counties across 29 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gulf 12045
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Martin 12085
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Brooks 13027
- Bulloch 13031
- Calhoun 13037
- Camden 13039
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Colquitt 13071
- Crisp 13081
- Decatur 13087
- Douglas 13097
- Emanuel 13107
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jeff Davis 13161
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- Macon 13193
- McIntosh 13191
- Rabun 13241
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Towns 13281
- Union 13291
- Wayne 13305
- Wheeler 13309
Illinois view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Alleghany 37005
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Gates 37073
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 19 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Alleghany 51005
- Augusta 51015
- Brunswick 51025
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Floyd 51063
- Grayson 51077
- Greensville 51081
- Henrico 51087
- Northampton 51131
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POCR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3191398 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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