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 ramosa   FAMILY Polygalaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala ramosa   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

Polygala ramosa

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

Polygala ramosa

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

Polygala ramosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-016:

Polygala ramosa   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

Pilostaxis ramosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Pylostachya ramosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Short Pinebarren Milkwort, Low Pinebarren Milkwort, Dwarf Milkwort, Savanna Milkwort


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image of Polygala ramosa, Short Pinebarren Milkwort, Low Pinebarren Milkwort, Dwarf Milkwort, Savanna Milkwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pora2_001_lvd

        

image of Polygala ramosa, Short Pinebarren Milkwort, Low Pinebarren Milkwort, Dwarf Milkwort, Savanna Milkwort

Will Stuart    wil_9093198172_d035a3a875

June    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

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

image of Polygala ramosa, Short Pinebarren Milkwort, Low Pinebarren Milkwort, Dwarf Milkwort, Savanna Milkwort

Wil Stuart    wil9093196168_9af7de4079b

June    Chesterfield County    SC

Racemes several to numerous in terminal cymes, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Polygala ramosa, Short Pinebarren Milkwort, Low Pinebarren Milkwort, Dwarf Milkwort, Savanna Milkwort

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_polygala_ramosa_3

July        

Plants 10-40 cm tall, the stems 1-several from the base, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Polygala ramosa, Short Pinebarren Milkwort, Low Pinebarren Milkwort, Dwarf Milkwort, Savanna Milkwort

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_polygala_ramosa_7

July        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala ramosa   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-016:
Polygala ramosa   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Pylostachya ramosa

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3108

Forb
Biennial?

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, pocosin margins, bogs, 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
Basal rosette (often absent or withered at flowering)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
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/Fall
Capsule

 

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