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 nana   FAMILY Polygalaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala nana   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

Polygala nana

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

Polygala nana

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

Polygala nana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-015:

Polygala nana   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Pilostaxis nana

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Pylostachya nana

 

COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Milkwort, Candyroot


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image of Polygala nana, Dwarf Milkwort, Candyroot

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_pona2_001_lvd

        

image of Polygala nana, Dwarf Milkwort, Candyroot

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_nana_al_5_25_05_1

May        

Inflorescence a dense pom-pom-like raceme, terminating leafy branches, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Polygala nana, Dwarf Milkwort, Candyroot

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_nana_dwarf_2

August        

Leaves typically in a basal rosette, spatulate; stem leaves smaller & few, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala nana   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-015:
Polygala nana   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pilostaxis nana

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Pylostachya nana

 

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3050

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Longleaf pine flatwoods, other open moist areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC) (historically in NC, but not recently seen)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal rosette with a few alternate stem leaves

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Lemon 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:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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