OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Polygala sanguinea   FAMILY Polygalaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala sanguinea   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)

Polygala sanguinea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Polygala sanguinea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Polygala sanguinea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-005:

Polygala sanguinea   FAMILY Polygalaceae

(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Polygala viridescens

 

COMMON NAME:
Field Milkwort, Blood Milkwort


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image of Polygala sanguinea, Field Milkwort, Blood Milkwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_posa3_006_lvd

        

image of Polygala sanguinea, Field Milkwort, Blood Milkwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_povi15_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Polygala sanguinea   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala sanguinea   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Polygala sanguinea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygala sanguinea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygala sanguinea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-005:
Polygala sanguinea   FAMILY Polygalaceae

(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala viridescens

 

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2118

Forb
Annual

Habitat: bogs, fens, seeps, prairies, woodlands, openings, woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Pinkish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals (three small, two larger petaloid "wings")
3 petals united into a tube
8 stamens united to corolla tube in 2 rows
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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