Polygalaceae
Shrubby milkwort
Polygaloides chamaebuxus
- Family
- Polygalaceae
- Genus
- Polygaloides
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (12)
- Czech
- Zimostrázek alpský
- English
- Shrubby milkwort
- French
- Polygale faux-buis
- German
- Buchs-Kreuzblume, Buchsblättriges Kreuzblümchen
- hsb
- Kožana křižnička
- Italian
- Falso bosso
- Japanese
- ポリガロイデス・カマエブクスス
- lmo
- Martilìna
- Persian
- درختچه شیرآور, پُولیگِلُویدِز کامای باکسِز
- Slovak
- Krušpánovec horčinkovitý
- Slovenian
- Žanjevec
- Spanish
- Boj bastardo
Synonyms
- Chamaebuxus alpestris Spach
- Chamaebuxus coriacea Opiz
- Chamaebuxus polygaloides Schur
- Chamaebuxus vulgaris Schur
- Polygala chamaebuxus L.
- Tertria chamaebuxus (L.) Schrank
Flowers
- In flower
- March to June (from 1,288 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Gail A Baker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Luca Fornasari, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:Aelwyn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Roland Godon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thomas Ebner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sofia Palini, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Elias Freyhof, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Carol Ann McCormick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Polygaloides
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.