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This species has often been treated as a variety of P. verticillata. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala ambigua   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-009b:

Polygala verticillata var. ambigua   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Polygala ambigua

COMMON NAME:
Loose Milkwort, Alternate Milkwort, Whorled Milkwort

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_poam9_001_lvd

        

JK Marlow    jkm140617_059

June    Greenville County    SC

Racemes 3-6mm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

JK Marlow    jkm140617_059b

June    Greenville County    SC

Racemes 2-5cm long, becoming interrupted below thru persistence of fruits, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

JK Marlow    jkm140617_061

June    Greenville County    SC

Leaves whorled, at least at the principal lower nodes, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

JK Marlow    jkm140617_065

June    Greenville County    SC

JK Marlow    jkm140718_905

July    Spartanburg County    SC

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/13/22):
Polygala ambigua   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala ambigua   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-009b:
Polygala verticillata var. ambigua   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala ambigua