Polygala comosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Polygala comosa Schkuhr, Bot. Handb. 2: 324 (1796).

Homotypic
- Polygala polymorpha var. comosa (Schkuhr) K.F.Schimp. & Spenn. in F.C.L.Spenner, Fl. Friburg. 3: 865 (1829)
- Polygala vulgaris var. comosa (Schkuhr) Regel in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 34(II): 514 (1862)
- Polygala vulgaris subsp. comosa (Schkuhr) Čelak. in Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 534 (1875)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Finland, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, Slovakia), Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia).
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Khabarovsk.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Turkey.
- Regional: China
  - Xinjiang.
- Regional: Mongolia
  - Mongolia.

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Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Polygala comosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2026. Polygala comosa. Published online. Accessed: April 18 2026. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Polygala comosa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 20. Reference page.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Polygala comosa in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 20.Reference page.