PLANTS Profile for Polygala boykinii (Boykin's milkwort)

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PLANTS Profile

Polygala boykinii Nutt.
Boykin's milkwort

Symbol:

POBO4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygalaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Polygala boykinii Nutt.

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Distribution:
Polygala boykinii Nutt.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, TN)

Related Taxa:
Polygala boykinii Nutt.

View 5 genera in Polygalaceae, 66 species in Polygala or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Polygala boykinii var. boykinii
Boykin's milkwort

Polygala boykinii var. sparsifolia
Boykin's milkwort

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Polygala boykinii Nutt.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Polygalales
Family	Polygalaceae – Milkwort family
Genus	Polygala L. – polygala
Species	Polygala boykinii Nutt. – Boykin's milkwort

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Polygala boykinii Nutt.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Tennessee:
Boykin's milkwort		Special Concern

More Accounts and Images:
Polygala boykinii Nutt.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29326.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/27/2008 07:21 PM MDT