EPPO Global Database

Polygala vulgaris(POGVU)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-17

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: POGVU
  • Preferred name: Polygala vulgaris
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Throughout Europe to Black Sea (but not southern Mediterranean). Cultivated as an ornamental


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Polygala lusitanica (Coutinho) Chodat
Polygala oxyptera Reichenbach
Polygala oxyptera var. collina Reichenbach
Polygala vulgaris subsp. collina (Reichenbach) Borbás
Polygala vulgaris subsp. oxyptera (Reichenbach) Schübler & Martens
Polygala vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
common milkwort English (GB)
cross flower English
gand flower English
gemeine Kreuzblume German
gewöhnliche Kreuzblume German
gewöhnliches Kreuzblümchen German
Krautblümchen German
Kreuzblume German
Milchblume German
Ramsel German
Spitzflügelwiesenkreuzblume German
Wiesenkreuzblume German
herbe à lait French
laitier French
laitier commun French
polygala commun French
polygale à ailes aiguës French
polygale à ailes étroites French
polygale commun French
polygale vulgaire French
polygalon French
hierba de la cría Spanish
hierba de la tos Spanish
hierba lechera Spanish
lechera Spanish
polígala común Spanish
polígala lechera Spanish
polígala vulgar Spanish
bozzolina Italian
erba bozzolina Italian
poligala comune Italian
gewone kruisbloem Dutch
gewone vleugeltjesbloem Dutch
erva-leiteira Portuguese
leitarega Portuguese
leitariga Portuguese
polígala-ordinária Portuguese
polígala-vulgar Portuguese
jungfrulin Swedish
истод обыкновенный Russian
almindelig mælkeurt Danish
stor blåfjør Norwegian
isolinnunruoho Finnish
sütotu Turkish
krzyżownica ostroskrzydełkowa Polish
krzyżownica pospolita Polish
krzyżownica zwyczajna Polish
hegyi pacsirtafű Hungarian
poligala e zakonshme Albanian
poligalë Albanian
обикновена телчарка Bulgarian
телчарка Bulgarian
angelets Catalan
herba de la tos Catalan
ilet de la Verge Catalan
polígala vulgar Catalan
krestušac Croatian
obični krestušac Croatian
vítod obecný Czech
harilik vahulill Estonian
πολίγαλο Greek
lus an bhainne Irish
parastā ziepenīte Latvian
paprastoji putokšlė Lithuanian
şopîrliţă Romanian
крестушац Serbian
обични крестушац Serbian
horčinka obyčajná Slovak
vitod obyčajný Slovak
navadna grebenuša Slovene
llysiau crist Welsh