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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/13/22):
Polygala verticillata +
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This species is very similar to P. ambigua. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala verticillata +
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-009a:
Polygala verticillata var. verticillata FAMILY Polygalaceae
COMMON NAME:
Whorled Milkwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pove_001_lvd
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Roxanna Martin rlm8710_196
August Spartanburg County SC
Racemes 3-6mm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm8710_198
August Spartanburg County SC
Racemes 0.5-1.5cm long, the inflorescence compact and truncate below, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Roxanna Martin rlm8710_203
August Spartanburg County SC
Leaves linear to linear-oblong, lower usually opposite or in whorls of 3-5, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Roxanna Martin rlm8710_211
August Spartanburg County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/13/22):
Polygala verticillata +
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala verticillata +
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-009a:
Polygala verticillata var. verticillata
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
3272
Forb
Annual
Look for it in dry woodlands, woodland borders, openings, fields, per Weakley's Flora
Native
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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorled, or whorled & alternate, or a few opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White/ Greenish/ Pinkish
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/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p289
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p165?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p199?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p091?