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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Polygala ramosa
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala ramosa
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-016:
Polygala ramosa
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pilostaxis ramosa
COMMON NAME:
Short Pinebarren Milkwort, Low Pinebarren Milkwort, Dwarf Milkwort, Savanna Milkwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pora2_001_lvd
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Will Stuart wil_9093198172_d035a3a875
June Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Mature plants rarely over 18" (vs. P. cymosa typically 2-4' tall), per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Wil Stuart wil9093196168_9af7de4079b
June Chesterfield County SC
Racemes several to numerous in terminal cymes, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_polygala_ramosa_3
July
Plants 10-40 cm tall, the stems 1-several from the base, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_polygala_ramosa_7
July
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Polygala ramosa
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala ramosa
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-016:
Polygala ramosa
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pilostaxis ramosa
3108
Forb
Biennial?
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, pocosin margins, bogs, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette (often absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Light yellow
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals (three small, two larger petaloid "wings")
3 petals united into a tube
6 stamens united to corolla tube in 2 rows
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p222
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p182?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p044
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p191