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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Polygala setacea
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala setacea
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
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 (10/20/20):
Polygala setacea
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala setacea
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
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
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LEAVES:
Simple - scale-like
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Creamy white
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals (three small, two larger petaloid "wings")
3 petals united into a tube
FRUIT:
Capsule
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