Species Polygala tenuifolia
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There aren’t any identifications of Polygala tenuifolia.
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Polygala:
Gk. poly = much; gala = milk; so-called from the belief that cattle grazing in fields with this plant produced more milk. (San Marcos growers in the United States claim that Polygala virgata ‘Portola’ has this property but the authors could find no scientific evidence).
Etymology of tenuifolia:
From the Latin tenuis = ‘thin' or 'fine' or 'slender’ and the Latin folius = ‘leaf’
Scientific name:
Polygala tenuifolia Poir.
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Protologue:
Encycl. (Lamarck) 5: 497 (1804)
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Year published:
1804
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Polygala tenuifolia.
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