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 hookeri   FAMILY Polygalaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala hookeri   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

Polygala hookeri

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

Polygala hookeri

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

Polygala hookeri

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-012:

Polygala hookeri   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

Polygala hookeri

 

COMMON NAME:
Hooker's Milkwort


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image of Polygala hookeri, Hooker's Milkwort

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_polygala_hookeri1

August    Brunswick County    NC

Inflorescence not as congested as P. cruciata's, flower stalks clearly seen, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala hookeri   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-012:
Polygala hookeri   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

 

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3131

Forb
Annual

Habitat: pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & possibly Georgia

Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 4

FLOWER:
Summer
Lavender
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

 

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