Polygala myriantha
| Polygala myriantha | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Polygalaceae |
| Genus: | Polygala |
| Species: | P. myriantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Polygala myriantha | |
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Polygala myriantha is a species of flowering plant. An annual herb, it grows in East Africa, as well as central parts of the continent and as far west as Nigeria and Cameroon.[1] It is in the milkwort (Polygacae) family. It grows to about 1 ft (0.30 m) high and has pink flowers.[2]
Myrios (Greek: μύριος) means countless, innumerable, or myriad and anthos (ἄνθος) means flower or blossom.