Velvetseed Milkwort (Hebecarpa obscura (Benth.) J.R.Abbott)
Also known as Huachuca mountain milkwort; also classified as Polygala obscura Benth., Polygala piliophora S.F. Blake.
Some sources, including USDA PLANTS, BONAP, and NSE, treat Huachuca Mountain Milkwort (Polygala piliophora S.F. Blake) as a separate species, but POWO lumps it in with this one and does not even recognize it as a sub-taxon. Most of the authorities treating those populations as a separate species do not recognize the separation of this and related species out of the Polygala genus and into Hebecarpa, but BONAP does for most species, which is why we are puzzled at the absence of a name Hebecarpa piliophora. We follow POWO's treatment of merging these taxon under this name.
↑Range - Expand
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This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
This species is also native to a broad range throughout Mexico; we have yet to build this portion of its map.
↑Links & External Resources
• Polygala obscura (velvetseed milkwort)† | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Polygala piliophora (Huachuca Mountain milkwort)† | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Velvetseed Milkwort | iNaturalist (About This Site)
• Polygala piliophora† | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Hebecarpa obscura† | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Polygala obscura† | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Polygala piliophora† | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Hebecarpa obscura | Flora of North America (About This Site)
• Hebecarpa obscura (Benth.) J.R.Abbott | Plants of the World Online (POWO) (About This Site)
Different Taxonomic Treatments
† Each of these links refer only to part of the populations covered by this page.