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§1 Plant
Polygala nana (Michx.) DC.
vernacular candyroot — 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
· 167 counties across 8 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 167 counties across 8 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 60 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
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- 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
- 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
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Appling 13001
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Brooks 13027
- Bulloch 13031
- Camden 13039
- Candler 13043
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Dade 13083
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Dodge 13091
- Emanuel 13107
- Glynn 13127
- Houston 13153
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jefferson 13163
- Laurens 13175
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Madison 13195
- Muscogee 13215
- Seminole 13253
- Tattnall 13267
- Telfair 13271
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Turner 13287
- Washington 13303
- Wayne 13305
Louisiana view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Attala 28007
- Clarke 28023
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Jackson 28059
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Marion 28091
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tishomingo 28141
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Wilkinson 28157
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PONA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3191453 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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