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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Senega balduinii var. balduinii
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala balduinii
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Polygala balduinii
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygala balduinii
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygala balduinii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Polygala balduinii var. balduinii
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pilostaxis baldwinii
INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Polygala baldwinii
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Pylostachya balduinii
COMMON NAME:
White Milkwort, Baldwin's Milkwort
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Keith Bradley kab_p_baldwinii_02251
April Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
Inflorescence a terminal, many-branched cyme, loosely to densely flowered, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Senega balduinii var. balduinii
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala balduinii
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Polygala balduinii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygala balduinii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygala balduinii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Polygala balduinii var. balduinii
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pilostaxis baldwinii
INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Polygala baldwinii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Pylostachya balduinii
4115
Forb
Annual/Biennial?
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, marl prairies, interdune swales, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare in GA
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Creamy-white to greenish-white
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals (three small, two larger petaloid "wings")
3 petals united into a tube
Bisexual
Inflorescence a terminal, many-branched cyme
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
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