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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Senega sanguinea
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala sanguinea
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Polygala sanguinea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygala sanguinea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygala sanguinea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Polygala sanguinea
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-005:
Polygala sanguinea FAMILY Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala viridescens
COMMON NAME:
Field Milkwort, Blood Milkwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_posa3_006_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_povi15_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Senega sanguinea
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala sanguinea
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Polygala sanguinea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygala sanguinea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygala sanguinea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Polygala sanguinea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-005:
Polygala sanguinea
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala viridescens
2118
Forb
Annual
Habitat: bogs, fens, seeps, prairies, woodlands, openings, woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/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
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p318
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p285
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p164
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p200
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p092
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