Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polygala curtissii
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
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Learn more about Curtiss's Milkwort from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala curtissii
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-007:
Polygala curtissii FAMILY Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala curtissii
COMMON NAME:
Curtiss's Milkwort, Appalachian Milkwort
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JK Marlow jkm060813_080
August Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaves linear, linear-oblong, or narrowly oblanceolate, to 0.8"x0.15", per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm120804_266
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Flowers occur in a compact raceme with buds forming a small cone on top, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm120804_272
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
The wings are a pair of spreading sepals; the corolla tube 3 united petals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow jkm060903_040
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Bracts persist after lower flowers fall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_polygala_curtissii_6
September
Flowers in a dense cylindric raceme, a compact head similar to clover, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
JK Marlow s060903_k
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Erect annual to 16" tall, freely branched, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polygala curtissii
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala curtissii
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-007:
Polygala curtissii
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala curtissii