NameThatPlant.net: Polygala sanguinea

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polygala sanguinea FAMILY Polygalaceae Go to FSUS key

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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image of Polygala sanguinea, Field Milkwort, Blood Milkwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_posa3_006_lvd

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

Habitat: bogs, fens, seeps, prairies, woodlands, openings, woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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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

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