Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Polygala polygama
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
LESS THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala polygama
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 106-01-002:
Polygala polygama
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
COMMON NAME:
Southern Bitter Milkwort, Racemed Milkwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_popo_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1845
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
"Wings" [2 sepals] 4-6mm long and tapered to claws; corolla slightly shorter, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1846
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
Leaves linear-oblong to oblong-spatulate, 1.5-4cm long, revolute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1848
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_polygala_polygama_2
May
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_polygala_polygama_6
May
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JK Marlow s070520_a
May Greenville County SC
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Dan Whitten sdw_polygala2
May Pickens County SC
Roadside
Common to all milkworts are a 3-petalled corolla tube & 2 "wings" (sepals), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm160603_004
June Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm160603_005
June Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm160605_891
June Greenville County SC
Leaves linear-oblong to oblong-spatulate, 1.5-4cm long, revolute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.