Plant Details

Accepted name:: Polygala lutea L. [Polygalaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
orange milkwort	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pilostaxis lutea (L.) Raf. New Fl. 4: 87 (1838).
Polygala lutea var. elatior Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 54 (1803).
Polygala pseudosenega Bertol. Misc. Bot. 15: 21 (1854).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Polygala lutea L.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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