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	Polygala comosa SCHKUHR

Fam.: Polygalaceae / Milkwort Fam.

Genus: Polygala L.

Authors:
	SCHKUHR:	Christian Schkuhr (1741 - 1811), botanist at Wittenberg (Germany)
	L.:	Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Polygala:	polys = many, gala = milk
	comosa:	comose

At Polygala comosa the lower bracts are narrow, they are much longer than the peduncle of the flower and also longer than the buds. The big lateral bracts, which are also called wings, have about the same length as the petals in the middle of the flower. The color of the blossom is more often lilac than blue.

Fig. 1: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
D Pforzheim 7.5.1994

Fig. 2: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
F Pyrenees, Eyne 14.5.2007

Fig. 3: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
F Pyrenees, Eyne 14.5.2007

Fig. 4: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
D Bensheim 2.5.2009

Fig. 5: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
D Bensheim 2.5.2009

Fig. 6: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
D Offenburg 22.5.2020

Fig. 7: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
D Offenburg 22.5.2020

Fig. 8: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
D Wetzlar 17.5.2014

Fig. 9: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
D Wetzlar 17.5.2014

Fig. 10: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
D Wetzlar 17.5.2014

Fig. 11: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
D Günzburg 22.5.2009

Fig. 12: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
D Günzburg 22.5.2009

Fig. 13: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
D Günzburg 22.5.2009

Fig. 14: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
D Günzburg 22.5.2009

Fig. 15: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
D Pfronten 22.5.2009

Fig. 16: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
D Pfronten 22.5.2009

Fig. 17: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
D Black-Forest, Feldberg 24.6.2007

Fig. 18: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
I Ligur. Apennin, Fornovo 13.5.2001

Fig. 19: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
I Isola dei Morti 26.6.2010

Fig. 20: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
I Liguria, Zuccarello 19.5.2013

Fig. 21: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
I Liguria, Zuccarello 19.5.2013

Fig. 22: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
I Liguria, Loano 28.5.2013

Fig. 23: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
I Liguria, Loano 28.5.2013

Fig. 24: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
GR Aoos - Gorge 16.5.2008

Fig. 25: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
GR Aoos - Gorge 16.5.2008

Fig. 26: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
GR Zagoria, Kipi 18.5.2008

Fig. 27: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
Corsica, Porto 29.5.2010

Fig. 28: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
Corsica, Porto 29.5.2010

Fig. 29: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
Corsica, Zonza 2.6.2010

Fig. 30: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
F Pyrenees, Canigou 24.7.2018

Fig. 31: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
F Pyrenees, Canigou 24.7.2018

Fig. 32: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
F Pyrenees, Canigou 24.7.2018

Fig. 33: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
F Pyrenees, Canigou 24.7.2018

Fig. 34: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
F Pyrenees, Canigou 24.7.2018

Fig. 35: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
F Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert 1.6.2009

Fig. 36: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
F Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert 1.6.2009

Fig. 37: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
F Castellane 12.5.2007

Fig. 38: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
F Castellane 12.5.2007

Fig. 39: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
F Causse du Larzac 15.5.2007

Fig. 40: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
F Lapanouse-de-Cernon 5.6.2004

Fig. 41: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
S Vänersborg 12.8.2010

Fig. 42: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
S Vänersborg 12.8.2010

Fig. 43: Polygala comosa / Tufted Milkwort
A Menauer Alm 31.5.2008

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