OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala polygama   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

Polygala polygama

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

Polygala polygama

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

Polygala polygama

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-002:

Polygala polygama   FAMILY Polygalaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Polygala aboriginum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Polygala polygama

 

COMMON NAME:
Racemed Milkwort, Bitter Milkwort


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image of Polygala polygama, Racemed Milkwort, Bitter Milkwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_popo_001_lvd

        

image of Polygala polygama, Racemed Milkwort, Bitter Milkwort

JK Marlow    jkm180505_1845

May    Pike County    GA

Camp Thunder VPA

"Wings" [2 sepals] 4-6mm long and tapered to claws; corolla slightly shorter, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Polygala polygama, Racemed Milkwort, Bitter Milkwort

JK Marlow    jkm180505_1846

May    Pike County    GA

Camp Thunder VPA

Leaves linear-oblong to oblong-spatulate, 1.5-4cm long, revolute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Polygala polygama, Racemed Milkwort, Bitter Milkwort

JK Marlow    jkm200525_5238

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Polygala polygama, Racemed Milkwort, Bitter Milkwort

JK Marlow    jkm200525_5280

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Polygala polygama, Racemed Milkwort, Bitter Milkwort

JK Marlow    s070520_a

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Polygala polygama, Racemed Milkwort, Bitter Milkwort

Dan Whitten    sdw_polygala2

May    Pickens County    SC

Roadside

Common to all milkworts are a 3-petalled corolla tube & 2 "wings" (sepals), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Polygala polygama, Racemed Milkwort, Bitter Milkwort

JK Marlow    jkm160603_004

June    Jackson County    NC

Foothills Trail

image of Polygala polygama, Racemed Milkwort, Bitter Milkwort

JK Marlow    jkm160603_005

June    Jackson County    NC

Foothills Trail

image of Polygala polygama, Racemed Milkwort, Bitter Milkwort

JK Marlow    jkm160605_891

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Leaves linear-oblong to oblong-spatulate, 1.5-4cm long, revolute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala polygama   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Polygala polygama

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-002:
Polygala polygama   FAMILY Polygalaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala aboriginum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala polygama

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1113

Forb
Biennial/Weak perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, woodlands, woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA, common in SC Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pinkish
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
Bisexual

Flowers in a loose, slender raceme

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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