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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polygala incarnata
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala incarnata
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygala incarnata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-013:
Polygala incarnata FAMILY Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galypola incarnata
COMMON NAME:
Pink Milkwort, Procession-flower
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_p_incarnata_0748
May Lincoln County NC
The corolla is twice as long as the longest sepal, unique among the genus, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
Terry Holdsclaw tdh_p_incarnata_0036b
June Catawba County NC
Corolla nearly 3x longer than wings; borne in a slender compact raceme, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_polygala_incarnata
August
Common to all milkworts are a 3-petalled corolla tube & 2 "wings" (sepals), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polygala incarnata
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala incarnata
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygala incarnata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-013:
Polygala incarnata
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galypola incarnata