Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Polygala alba
Polygala alba Nutt.
White Milkwort
Polygalaceae (Milkwort Family)
USDA Symbol: POAL4USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Polygala alba
White Milkwort
Polygalaceae
Location: Gunsight Mountain Ranch, Tarpley.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Dry, rocky, limestone hilltop. Full sun.
Description: Sparsely branched, erect perennial from branching,tough root, 30 cm tall. Leaves dense basally, scattered above; upper stalk bare. Infloresence a raceme, conic-cylindric, densely flowered. Flowers white w/green center. Fruit/seed not seen.
County: Bandera
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jul 18, 1992
Specimen number: 471
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0679
Accession Date: Mar 22, 1994
Accession Number: 49
Annotations: SCFXN