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 mariana   FAMILY Polygalaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala mariana   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

Polygala mariana

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

Polygala mariana

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

Polygala mariana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-006:

Polygala mariana   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

Polygala harperi

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

Polygala mariana

 

COMMON NAME:
Maryland Milkwort


         To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.

image of Polygala mariana, Maryland Milkwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_poma8_001_lvd

        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala mariana   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-006:
Polygala mariana   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3107

Forb
Annual

Habitat: bogs, pine savannas, other open wet habitats, 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
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
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/Fall
Capsule

 

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