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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Senega mariana
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
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Learn more about Maryland Milkwort from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala mariana
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Polygala mariana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygala mariana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygala mariana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Polygala mariana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-006:
Polygala mariana FAMILY Polygalaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala harperi
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala mariana
COMMON NAME:
Maryland Milkwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_poma8_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Senega mariana
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala mariana
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Polygala mariana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygala mariana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygala mariana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Polygala mariana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-006:
Polygala mariana
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala harperi
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala mariana
3107
Forb
Annual
Habitat: bogs, pine savannas, other open wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (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:
Summer/Fall
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/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p317
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p184
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p286
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p164
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p200
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p333
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