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Digital Herbaria

Polygala alba

Polygala alba Nutt.

White Milkwort

Polygalaceae (Milkwort Family)

USDA Symbol: POAL4
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)







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Specimen & Label Data

Polygala alba

White Milkwort

Polygalaceae

Location: Upper Balcones Rd., 30 m NE of creek, 6.3 km SW of IH 10 & Hwy 46, outside city of Boerne.
Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Roadside, full sun, in fence line. Gravelly soil; some bunch grass. Few scattered plants.

Description: Dainty perennial herb with several stems arising from woody base tipped with dense slender racemes of tiny white flowers. Few linear leaves along the stems but more abundant at the base.

County: Kendall
Collector: Lottie Millsaps
Collection Date: Apr 11, 1992
Specimen number: 164

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0511
Accession Date: Aug 24, 1993
Accession Number: 39

Annotations: SCXXK

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