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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polygala sanguinea
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Field Milkwort from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala sanguinea
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-005:
Polygala sanguinea
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
(?)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala viridescens
COMMON NAME:
Field Milkwort, Blood Milkwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_posa3_006_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_povi15_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polygala sanguinea
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala sanguinea
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-005:
Polygala sanguinea
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
(?)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala viridescens
2118
Forb
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Mtns & NC Piedmont, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Habitat: bogs, fens, seeps, prairies, woodlands, openings, woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
White/Pinkish
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals (three small, two larger petaloid "wings")
3 petals united into a tube
8 stamens united to corolla tube in 2 rows
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p318
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p164
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p200
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p092