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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Polygaloides paucifolia   FAMILY Polygalaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala paucifolia   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)

Polygaloides paucifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Polygaloides paucifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Polygala paucifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-001:

Polygala paucifolia   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

Triclisperma paucifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Gaywings, Fringed Polygala, Flowering Wintergreen, Bird-on-the-wing


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image of Polygaloides paucifolia, Gaywings, Fringed Polygala, Flowering Wintergreen, Bird-on-the-wing

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_popa5_001_lvd

        

image of Polygaloides paucifolia, Gaywings, Fringed Polygala, Flowering Wintergreen, Bird-on-the-wing

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 (Carman, 2005).

image of Polygaloides paucifolia, Gaywings, Fringed Polygala, Flowering Wintergreen, Bird-on-the-wing

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 (Smith, 1998).

image of Polygaloides paucifolia, Gaywings, Fringed Polygala, Flowering Wintergreen, Bird-on-the-wing

JK Marlow    jkm0504t_14

April    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

image of Polygaloides paucifolia, Gaywings, Fringed Polygala, Flowering Wintergreen, Bird-on-the-wing

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 (Smith, 1998).

image of Polygaloides paucifolia, Gaywings, Fringed Polygala, Flowering Wintergreen, Bird-on-the-wing

Tim Spira    tpsppaucifolia3

April        

image of Polygaloides paucifolia, Gaywings, Fringed Polygala, Flowering Wintergreen, Bird-on-the-wing

Ben Geer Keys    bgk1112_a

May        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Polygaloides paucifolia   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala paucifolia   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Polygaloides paucifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygaloides paucifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygala paucifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-001:
Polygala paucifolia   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

 

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1112

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to dry forests, mostly at moderate to high elevations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink (rarely white)
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals (three small, two larger petaloid "wings")
3 petals united into a tube
6 stamens united to corolla tube in 2 rows
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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