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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala cruciata var. cruciata   FAMILY Polygalaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)

Polygala cruciata

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

Polygala cruciata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-010:

Polygala cruciata   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

Polygala ramosior

 

COMMON NAME:
Drumheads, Crossleaf Milkwort


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image of Polygala cruciata, Drumheads, Crossleaf Milkwort

Keith Bradley    kab_p_cruciata_09011

April    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

image of Polygala cruciata, Drumheads, Crossleaf Milkwort

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_polygala_cruciata_2

August        

Leaves sessile, 3-4 per node, increasing in size upwards, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Polygala cruciata, Drumheads, Crossleaf Milkwort

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_polygala_cruciata_sb

August        

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

image of Polygala cruciata, Drumheads, Crossleaf Milkwort

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_polygala_cruciata_sc

August        

The wings (sepals) in this Milkwort species are broadly triangular, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Polygala cruciata, Drumheads, Crossleaf Milkwort

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_polygala_cruciata

September        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala cruciata var. cruciata   FAMILY Polygalaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Polygala cruciata

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-010:
Polygala cruciata   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2119

Forb
Annual

Habitat: bogs, damp or wet soil in openings, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 4

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
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/Fall
Capsule

 

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