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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Senega ramosa
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Milkworts from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala ramosa
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Polygala ramosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygala ramosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygala ramosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Polygala ramosa
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Pylostachya ramosa
COMMON NAME:
Short Pinebarren Milkwort, Low Pinebarren Milkwort, Dwarf Milkwort, Savanna Milkwort
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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 (Nelson, 2006).
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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 (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Senega ramosa
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala ramosa
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Polygala ramosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygala ramosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygala ramosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Polygala ramosa
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Pylostachya ramosa
3108
Forb
Biennial?
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, pocosin margins, bogs, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette (often absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Light yellow
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
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p397
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p222
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p182?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p044
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p286
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p191
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