Index / Search / Polygala nuttallii
§1 Plant
Polygala nuttallii Torr. & A. Gray
vernacular Nuttall's milkwort — species · Polygalaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
- Genus
- Polygala
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 83 counties across 15 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 83 counties across 15 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PONU2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3191406 ↗Record version
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