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Your search found 19 taxa.
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Common Name:
Gaywings, Fringed Polygala
Corolla tube consists of 3 united petals; the "wings" are a pair of sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Southern Bitter Milkwort, Racemed Milkwort
Common to all milkworts are a 3-petalled corolla tube & 2 "wings" (sepals), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Showy Milkwort
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asemeia cumulicola
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asemeia grandiflora
Flowers only slightly more than 1/2" wide when fully open, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Seneca Snakeroot
GREATER THAN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Polygala senega var. latifolia
GREATER THAN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Polygala senega var. senega
Long, narrow, uninterrupted racemes of white or greenish flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Common Name:
Field Milkwort, Blood Milkwort
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Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Polygala viridescens
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Common Name:
Appalachian Milkwort, Curtiss' Milkwort
Flowers in a dense cylindric raceme, a compact head similar to clover, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Whorled Milkwort
Racemes 0.5-1.5cm long, the inflorescence compact and truncate below, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Loose Milkwort
Racemes 2-5cm long, becoming interrupted below thru persistence of fruits, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Southern Drumheads, Cross-leaved Milkwort
GREATER THAN
PLANTS National Database
Polygala cruciata var. aquilonia
Common to all milkworts are a 3-petalled corolla tube & 2 "wings" (sepals), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Hooker's Milkwort
Inflorescence not as congested as P. cruciata's, flower stalks clearly seen, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Pink Milkwort, Procession Flower
Corolla nearly 3x longer than wings; borne in a slender compact raceme, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Orange Milkwort, Red-hot-poker, Candyroot
Small orange-yellow flowers in a dense head, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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Common Name:
Dwarf Milkwort, Candyroot
Inflorescence a dense pom-pom-like raceme, terminating leafy branches, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Short Pinebarren Milkwort, Low Pinebarren Milkwort, Dwarf Milkwort, Savanna Milkwort
Mature plants rarely over 18" (vs. P. cymosa typically 2-4' tall), per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Tall Milkwort, Tall Pinebarren Milkwort
Mature plants typically 2-4' tall (vs. P. ramosa rarely over 18"), per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Pilostaxis baldwinii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Pylostachya balduinii
Inflorescence a terminal, many-branched cyme, loosely to densely flowered, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Boykin's Milkwort
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Polygala boykinii
Similar to P. senega, but the racemes are longer and narrower, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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