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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Polygala curtissii
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
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Learn more about Curtiss's Milkwort from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala curtissii
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Polygala curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygala curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygala curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-007:
Polygala curtissii FAMILY Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala curtissii
COMMON NAME:
Curtiss's Milkwort, Appalachian Milkwort
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JK Marlow jkm060813_080
August Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaves linear, linear-oblong, or narrowly oblanceolate, to 0.8"x0.15", per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm120804_266
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Flowers occur in a compact raceme with buds forming a small cone on top, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm120804_272
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
The wings are a pair of spreading sepals; the corolla tube 3 united petals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow jkm060903_040
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Bracts persist after lower flowers fall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_polygala_curtissii_6
September
Flowers in a dense cylindric raceme, a compact head similar to clover, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
JK Marlow s060903_k
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Erect annual to 16" tall, freely branched, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Polygala curtissii
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala curtissii
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Polygala curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygala curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygala curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-007:
Polygala curtissii
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala curtissii
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