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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Senega boykinii var. 1 [=boykinii]
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala boykinii var. boykinii
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Polygala boykinii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygala boykinii var. boykinii
INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Polygala boykinii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygala boykinii var. boykinii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala boykinii
COMMON NAME:
Boykin's Milkwort
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Keith Bradley kab_p_boykinii_08432
April Miami-Dade County FL
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_polygala_boykinii_12
August
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_polygala_boykinii_14
August
Similar to P. senega, but the racemes are longer and narrower, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Senega boykinii var. 1 [=boykinii]
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala boykinii var. boykinii
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Polygala boykinii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygala boykinii var. boykinii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Polygala boykinii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygala boykinii var. boykinii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala boykinii
3748
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Longleaf pine flatwoods and savannas, seeps, prairies, calcareous glades, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals (three small, two larger petaloid "wings")
3 petals united into a tube
Bisexual
Flowers in a raceme
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p285
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p164
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p201
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