- Family : POLYGALACEAE
(Milkwort Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SANJIVANI FAMILY (संजीवनी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygalaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Polygala arvensis Willd.
- Vernacular name :
- Miragu (Hindi)
- Phutani (Marathi)
- Kodassiri (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in the plains and scrub jungles
- Comments / notes : Commonly found as weed in grasslands and cultivated fields, plains from the coast to 900m
- Key identification features : Annual, pubescent, usually procumbent herbs; Leaves obovate, linear oblong, mucronate; Inflorescence axillary dense racemes; Flowers yellow; Capsules elliptic oblong, emarginate, glabrous.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Chamarajanagar district, Kolar district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district,Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh : Bilaspur district, Chamba district, Hamirpur district, Kinnaur district, Mandi district, Shimla district, Una district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Native : Andaman Islands, Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 83-84
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Polygala arvensis. Downloaded on 1 April 2025.
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