Polygalaceae
Dwarf milkwort
Polygala amarella
- Family
- Polygalaceae
- Genus
- Polygala
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Common names
By language (22)
- arz
- بوليجالا اماريلا
- Belarusian
- Крапінец горкі, Крапінец гаркаваты
- Bulgarian
- Горчива телчарка
- Czech
- Vítod nahořklý
- Danish
- Bitter Mælkeurt
- Dutch
- Bittere vleugeltjesbloem
- English
- Dwarf milkwort
- Estonian
- Mõru vahulill
- Finnish
- Katkeralinnunruoho
- French
- Polygale amer
- German
- Sumpf-Kreuzblume, Sumpf-Kreuzblümchen
- hsb
- Bahnowa křižnička
- Hungarian
- Kisvirágú pacsirtafű
- Latvian
- Rūgtā ziepenīte
- Lithuanian
- Karčioji putokšlė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bitterblåfjær
- Polish
- Krzyżownica gorzkawa
- Russian
- Истод горьковатый, Вередник, Истод горький
- Slovenian
- Močvirska grebenuša
- Swedish
- Rosettjungfrulin
- Ukrainian
- Китятки гіркуваті
- Welsh
- Cor-amlaethai
Synonyms
- Polygala amarella subsp. austriaca (Crantz) Dostál
- Polygala austriaca Crantz
- Polygala decipiens Besser
- Polygala fatua Wallr.
- Polygala subvirgata Gand.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 63 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dave, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Algirdas, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Höyhens, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Valentin Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marie Portas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.