| Accepted name: |
Polygaloides paucifolia (Willd.) J.R. Abbott |
| Synonym(s): |
-Polygala uniflora Michx.
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| English names: |
Gay-wing Milkwort
Gay-wing Milkwort
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| French names: |
Polygala paucifolié
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Polygalales
Family: Polygalaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPOLPA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
STIMULANT, SUDORIFIC, RESTORATIVE. Milder than Polygala senega, but with similar properties, therefore used when a milder remedy was needed. Effects in ASTHMA, RHEUMATISM, DROPSY. Also used as a TONIC(*4). |
| Key Characters: |
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