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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala boykinii var. boykinii   FAMILY Polygalaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)

Polygala boykinii

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

Polygala boykinii var. boykinii

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)

Polygala boykinii

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

Polygala boykinii var. boykinii

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

Polygala boykinii

 

COMMON NAME:
Boykin's Milkwort


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image of Polygala boykinii var. boykinii, Boykin's Milkwort

Keith Bradley    kab_p_boykinii_08432

April    Miami-Dade County    FL

image of Polygala boykinii var. boykinii, Boykin's Milkwort

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_polygala_boykinii_12

August        

image of Polygala boykinii var. boykinii, Boykin's Milkwort

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_polygala_boykinii_14

August        

Similar to P. senega, but the racemes are longer and narrower, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala boykinii var. boykinii   FAMILY Polygalaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Polygala boykinii

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Polygala boykinii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygala boykinii var. boykinii

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3748

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Longleaf pine flatwoods and savannas, seeps, prairies, calcareous glades, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals (three small, two larger petaloid "wings")
3 petals united into a tube
Bisexual

Flowers in a raceme

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Capsule

 

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