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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala cymosa   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

Polygala cymosa

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

Polygala cymosa

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

Polygala cymosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-017:

Polygala cymosa   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

Pilostaxis cymosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Pylostachya cymosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Tall Pinebarren Milkwort


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image of Polygala cymosa, Tall Pinebarren Milkwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pocy_001_lvd

        

image of Polygala cymosa, Tall Pinebarren Milkwort

Alan S. Weakley    asw_698376468712152

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Flowers tiny, with 2 "wings" (sepals) & 3 joined petals forming a tiny tube with fringed tip, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Polygala cymosa, Tall Pinebarren Milkwort

Keith Bradley    kab_polygala_cymosa_76935

May    Palm Beach County    FL

Hungryland Wildlife and Environmental Area

Erect single-stemmed annual with leafy stem and branched inflorescence, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Polygala cymosa, Tall Pinebarren Milkwort

Jerry Bright    jeb_072608_045

July    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Flowers in congested heads that terminate the branches of a showy cyme, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Polygala cymosa, Tall Pinebarren Milkwort

Jerry Bright    jeb_072608_046

July    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Polygala cymosa, Tall Pinebarren Milkwort

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_polygala_cymosa_2

July        

Mature plants typically 2-4' tall (vs. P. ramosa rarely over 18"), per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Polygala cymosa, Tall Pinebarren Milkwort

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_polygala_cymosa_6

August        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala cymosa   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-017:
Polygala cymosa   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Pylostachya cymosa

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2987

Forb
Biennial

Habitat: Pond-cypress savannas, Coastal Plain depression ponds, clay-based Carolina bays, other sites with seasonally flooded hydrology, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette (often absent or withered at flowering)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Light yellow
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:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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