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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asemeia grandiflora
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about Asemeia, Polygaloides, and Polygala from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more about Showy Milkwort from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala grandiflora var. grandiflora
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Asemeia grandiflora
INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Polygala violacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-003:
Polygala grandiflora FAMILY Polygalaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asemeia cumulicola
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asemeia grandiflora var. angustifolia
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asemeia grandiflora var. grandiflora
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asemeia leiodes
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asemeia miamiensis
COMMON NAME:
Showy Milkwort
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Keith Bradley kab_a_grandiflora_77113
June Miami-Dade County FL
Flowers only slightly more than 1/2" wide when fully open, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asemeia grandiflora
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala grandiflora var. grandiflora
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Asemeia grandiflora
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Polygala violacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-003:
Polygala grandiflora
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asemeia cumulicola
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asemeia grandiflora var. angustifolia
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asemeia grandiflora var. grandiflora
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asemeia leiodes
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Asemeia miamiensis
3142
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry sandy soils of roadsides and fields, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink
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:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p102
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p316
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p044
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p288
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p082
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