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Learn more about Tall Milkwort from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Polygala cymosa
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala cymosa
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 106-01-017:
Polygala cymosa
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
COMMON NAME:
Tall Milkwort, Tall Pinebarren Milkwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pocy_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_polygala_cymosa_76935
May Palm Beach County FL
Hungryland Wildlife and Environmental Area
Erect single-stemmed annual with leafy stem and branched inflorescence, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Jerry Bright jeb_072608_045
July Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Flowers in congested heads that terminate the branches of a showy cyme, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Jerry Bright jeb_072608_046
July Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_polygala_cymosa_2
July
Mature plants typically 2-4' tall (vs. P. ramosa rarely over 18"), per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_polygala_cymosa_6
August