| Family | POLYGALACEAE |
| Genus species | Polygala comosa Schkuhr |
| Bibliography | Bot. Handb. 2: 324 (1796) |
| Native Range | Europe to Russian Far East and Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | leaves crowded, 1-4cm, linear or lanceolate-linear, acute, lower leaves shorter, ovate, obtuse, flowers in dense, terminal raceme, 3-10cm long |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | pale blue, rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Polygala angustata Schur Polygala comosa var. altaica Chodat Polygala comosa var. hybrida (DC.) Petelin Polygala comosa var. lejeunei (Boreau) Chodat Polygala comosa ssp. lejeunei (Boreau) Nyman Polygala comosa var. litigiosa Legrand Polygala comosa ssp. provincialis (Rouy & Foucaud) P.Fourn. Polygala hybrida DC. Polygala lejeunei Boreau Polygala mori Brittinger ex Opiz Polygala pinetorum Alechin Polygala podolica DC. Polygala polymorpha var. comosa (Schkuhr) K.F.Schimp. & Spenn. Polygala vilhelmii Podp. Polygala vulgaris var. comosa (Schkuhr) Regel Polygala vulgaris ssp. comosa (Schkuhr) Čelak. Polygala vulgaris var. grandiflora Rouy & Foucaud Polygala vulgaris ssp. provincialis Rouy & Foucaud Polygala vulgaris var. pyramidalis Chodat Polygala wolfgangiana Besser ex Ledeb. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, KRY Krym, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KHA Khabarovsk) 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |