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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more: Polygala paucifolia, Paw-paw, and Pinxter Azalea (periclymenoides) on Pinnacle Mountain in Pickens County, SC by Jim Fowler.
Read about Asemeia, Polygaloides, and Polygala from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more about Gaywings from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Polygaloides paucifolia
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala paucifolia
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-001:
Polygala paucifolia
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
COMMON NAME:
Gaywings, Fringed Polygala
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_popa5_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0504r_18
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Scale-like leaves below, alternate oval leaves near stem's summit, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm0504s_33
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
A low plant bearing 1-4 flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0504t_14
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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Keith Bradley kab_p_paucifolia_5295
April Caldwell County NC
Pisgah National Forest
Corolla tube consists of 3 united petals; the "wings" are a pair of sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Tim Spira tpsppaucifolia3
April
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Ben Geer Keys bgk1112_a
May