Polygala cruciata L.

  • Filed As

    Polygalaceae
    Polygala cruciata L.

  • Collector(s)

    M. L. Fernald s.n., 08 Aug 1927

  • Location

    United States of America. Massachusetts. Barnstable Co. Wellfleet. By Great Pond.

  • Habitat

    Peaty and sandy border of boggy swale.

  • Description

    Branches and leaves fragile, bruised roots with fragrance of Gaultheria.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3757813

    Occurrence ID: bd08af16-3b52-4233-8fa1-99f69bcebddd

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Fabales

  • Family

    Polygalaceae

  • All Determinations

    Polygala cruciata L.

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Massachusetts

  • County/Municipio

    Barnstable Co.

  • City/Township

    Wellfleet

  • Locality

    By Great Pond

  • Location Notes

    [County/District not specified as such on label, but inferred from locality data]

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Polvaala cruciata l
det: J. Richard Abbott (NY), 2016
PLANTAE EXSICCATAE GRAYANAE
465. Polygala cruciata L.
Sp. PI. 706 (1753) ; DC. Prod. i. 328 (1824) ; Torr. &
Gray, FI. N. Am. i. 127 (1838) ; Gray, Man. 89 (1848) - J
and Gen. 111. ii. 223, t. 183, f. 12, 13 (1849) ; Chodat, |
Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève xxxii. pt. 2, 185, t. JfS
xxii, figs. 6-9 (1893) ; Britton & Brown, 111. FI. ii. 357, '
fig. 2276 (1897) ; Small, FI. se. U. S. 688 (1903).
Syn. P. cuspidata Hook. & Am. Journ. Bot. i, 194
(1834).
Branches and leaves fragile; bruised roots with fragrance of
Gauttheria.
Peaty and sandy border of boggy swale by Great^Pond,
Wellfleet, Massachusetts.
ColL M. L. Fernald, J. M. Fogg, Jr. August 8, 1927. 1
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