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Polygala vulgaris - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Cambedo, Vieira do Minho, Braga, Portugal; 6/2011 © Jörn Germer

Polygala vulgaris - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Cambedo, Vieira do Minho, Braga, Portugal; 6/2011 © Jörn Germer

Polygala vulgaris - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Gerês, Braga, Portugal; 4/2009 © Jörn Germer

Polygala vulgaris - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Braga, Portugal; 3/2010 © Jörn Germer

Polygala vulgaris - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Braga, Portugal; 3/2010 © Jörn Germer

Polygala vulgaris - Branch - Click to enlarge!

Branch; Gerês, Braga, Portugal; 4/2009 © Jörn Germer

Polygala vulgaris - Branches - Click to enlarge!

Branches; Braga, Portugal; 3/2010 © Jörn Germer

Polygala vulgaris - Foliage - Click to enlarge!

Foliage; Gerês, Braga, Portugal; 4/2009 © Jörn Germer

Polygala vulgaris - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Gerês, Braga, Portugal; 4/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1227
Date of entry: 24.03.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Common Milkwort

German: Gewöhnliche Kreuzblume

Portuguese: Erva-leiteira

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2713)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2628)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2216)

      Order: Polygalales (6)

        Family: Polygalaceae (6)(family description)

          Genus: Polygala (6)

            Epithet: vulgaris L. (14)

vulgaris => common, everyday

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple, violet

External links

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