Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Crossleaf Milkwort from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala cruciata var. cruciata   FAMILY Polygalaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-010:

Polygala cruciata   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Polygala ramosior

COMMON NAME:
Drumheads, Crossleaf Milkwort

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Keith Bradley    kab_p_cruciata_09011

April    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_polygala_cruciata_2

August        

Leaves sessile, 3-4 per node, increasing in size upwards, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_polygala_cruciata_sb

August        

Common to all milkworts are a 3-petalled corolla tube & 2 "wings" (sepals), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_polygala_cruciata_sc

August        

The wings (sepals) in this Milkwort species are broadly triangular, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_polygala_cruciata

September        

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polygala cruciata   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala cruciata var. cruciata   FAMILY Polygalaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-010:
Polygala cruciata   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala ramosior