Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia

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3131

Forb
Annual

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it in pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 4

FLOWER:
Summer
Lavender
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals (three small, two larger petaloid "wings")
3 petals united into a tube
8 stamens united to corolla tube in 2 rows

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
 Polygala hookeri   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
 Polygala hookeri   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 106-01-012:
 Polygala hookeri   FAMILY Polygalaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Hooker's Milkwort

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Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_polygala_hookeri1

August    Brunswick County    NC

Inflorescence not as congested as P. cruciata's, flower stalks clearly seen, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.