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 verticillata +   FAMILY Polygalaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala verticillata +   FAMILY Polygalaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Polygala verticillata

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Polygala verticillata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-009a:

Polygala verticillata var. verticillata   FAMILY Polygalaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Whorled Milkwort


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image of Polygala verticillata +, Whorled Milkwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pove_001_lvd

        

image of Polygala verticillata +, Whorled Milkwort

Roxanna Martin    rlm8710_196

August    Spartanburg County    SC

Racemes 3-6mm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Polygala verticillata +, Whorled Milkwort

Roxanna Martin    rlm8710_198

August    Spartanburg County    SC

Racemes 0.5-1.5cm long, the inflorescence compact and truncate below, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Polygala verticillata +, Whorled Milkwort

Roxanna Martin    rlm8710_203

August    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves linear to linear-oblong, lower usually opposite or in whorls of 3-5, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Polygala verticillata +, Whorled Milkwort

Roxanna Martin    rlm8710_211

August    Spartanburg County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala verticillata +   FAMILY Polygalaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygala verticillata

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Polygala verticillata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-009a:
Polygala verticillata var. verticillata   FAMILY Polygalaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3272

Forb
Annual

Look for it in dry woodlands, woodland borders, openings, fields, per Weakley's Flora

Native

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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorled, or whorled & alternate, or a few opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White/ Greenish/ 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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