Senega polygama
| Senega polygama | |
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| Aboveground flowers | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Polygalaceae |
| Genus: | Senega |
| Species: | S. polygama |
| Binomial name | |
| Senega polygama (Walter) J.F.B.Pastore & J.R.Abbott | |
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Senega polygama, the racemed milkwort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygalaceae, native to eastern Canada and the central and eastern United States.[1][2]
Description
[edit]S. polygama is a biennial reaching 50 cm (20 in), it has pink or purple flowers, and produces additional white cleistogamous flowers underground.[2] It has simple leaves that are alternate in arrangement.[3] These leaves may reach a length between 1.5 and 4 centimeters.[4]
Habitat
[edit]Within the states of Florida and Georgia, S. polygama has been observed growing in habitats such as pine woodlands, sandy hill slopes, and longleaf pine-forests.[5] It prefers sandy soils.[2]
Ecology
[edit]Senega polygama is insect pollinated and is recorded to have been visited in northern Florida by Anthidiellum notatum, Augochloropsis anonyma, Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis metallica, Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Ceratina , Lasioglossum reticulatum, Megachile albitarsis, Megachile exilis,Megachile georgica, Megachile petulans, and Melissodes communis . [6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Polygala polygama Walter". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- 1 2 3 "Polygala polygama Walter Racemed Milkwort, Pink Milkwort". Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ↑ "Polygala polygama (racemed milkwort): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ↑ Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 656. Print.
- ↑ Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: July 2015. Collectors: James R. Burkhalter, M. J. Jordan, R. A. Norris, R. Komarek, Wilson Baker, Robert K. Godfrey, Loran C. Anderson, Bill Boothe, Marcia Boothe, R. F. Doren. States and Counties: Florida: Escambia, Jackson, Leon. Georgia: Decatur, Grady, Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
- ↑ Ulyshen, M. D., K. Robertson, S. Horn, and C. Dixon. 2024. Characterization of the bee community and pollination network in a southeastern U.S. pine savanna. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12:1403602.
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