Polygalaceae
Tufted milkwort
Polygala comosa
- Family
- Polygalaceae
- Genus
- Polygala
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Common names
By language (19)
- Belarusian
- Крапінец чубаты, Вераднік, Малыя козлікі, Шчэпа
- Bulgarian
- Качулеста телчарка
- Chinese
- 新疆远志, 远志
- Czech
- Vítod chocholatý
- Dutch
- Kuifvleugeltjesbloem
- English
- Tufted milkwort
- Estonian
- Tups-vahulill
- Finnish
- Tupsulinnunruoho
- French
- Polygale chevelu, Polygale à toupet
- German
- Schopfige Kreuzblume, Schopf-Kreuzblümchen, Schopfiges Kreuzblümchen
- hsb
- Kopata křižnička
- Latvian
- Cekulainā ziepenīte
- Lithuanian
- Skiauterėtoji putokšlė
- Macedonian
- Цуцулкеста млечна трева
- Polish
- Krzyżownica czubata
- Russian
- Истод хохлатый
- Slovak
- Horčinka chochlatá
- Slovenian
- Čopasta grebenuša
- Swedish
- Toppjungfrulin
Synonyms
- Polygala angustata Schur
- Polygala comosa var. altaica Chodat
- Polygala comosa var. hybrida (DC.) Petelin
- Polygala hybrida DC.
- Polygala lejeunei Boreau
- Polygala mori Opiz
- Polygala podolica DC.
- Polygala vilhelmi Podp.
- Polygala wolfgangiana Besser ex Ledeb.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 306 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: C. Oppermann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dmitry Semigradsky, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Uliana Bogatyreva, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Liuthalas, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Valerii Darmostuk, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Вячеслав Юсупов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.