Common name:
Common milkwort
Family:
Scientific name:
Polygala vulgaris
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the UK
Height:
Up to 30 cm
Habitat:
Grassy places
Flowers:
Up to 8 mm long, coloured blue, purple or pink, with three small outer sepals, a lateral pair of two much larger sepals, and three petals partly fused to form a tube, from which project eight white stamens. Flowers are arranged in a vertical spike of up to 40, along the upper third of the stem, which branches, if at all, from the base
Leaves:
Alternate, oblanceolate, hairless; small towards the base becoming larger up the stem
Season:
May to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
