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§1 Plant
Polygala lutea L.
vernacular orange milkwort — species · Polygalaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Biennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
- Genus
- Polygala
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 225 counties across 12 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 225 counties across 12 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Bacon 13005
- Baker 13007
- Ben Hill 13017
- Bibb 13021
- Brooks 13027
- Bryan 13029
- Bulloch 13031
- Camden 13039
- Candler 13043
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Decatur 13087
- Dodge 13091
- Dougherty 13095
- Echols 13101
- Effingham 13103
- Emanuel 13107
- Glynn 13127
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jeff Davis 13161
- Jefferson 13163
- Johnson 13167
- Laurens 13175
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Macon 13193
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Muscogee 13215
- Pulaski 13235
- Richmond 13245
- Screven 13251
- Sumter 13261
- Telfair 13271
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Treutlen 13283
- Turner 13287
- Ware 13299
- Wayne 13305
- Wheeler 13309
- Wilcox 13315
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Edgecombe 37065
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Martin 37117
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Mathews 51115
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Prince George 51149
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POLU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3191419 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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