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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Polygala setacea
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala setacea
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Polygala setacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygala setacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygala setacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala setacea
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Plain Milkwort
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Polygala setacea
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala setacea
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Polygala setacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygala setacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygala setacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala setacea
3151
Forb
Annual
Habitat: pine flatwoods and bogs, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Uncommon
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LEAVES:
Simple - scale-like
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Creamy white
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals (three small, two larger petaloid "wings")
3 petals united into a tube
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Capsule
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