Senega sanguinea (L.) J.F.B. Pastore & J.R. Abbott
Detail
- Family
- Polygalaceae
- Botanical Name
- Senega sanguinea (L.) J.F.B. Pastore & J.R. Abbott
- Common Name
- Field Milkwort, Purple Milkwort
- Synonym(s)
- Polygala sanguinea L.
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Polygala sanguinea L.
- Comments
- Recent studies by Pastore et al. (2019, Taxon 68: 673-691) demonstrated that the New World members and Old World members of the large and non-monophyletic genus Polygala (sensu lato) are phylogenetically, morphologically, and geographically separated into two clades and cannot be considered congeneric. Since the type species of the genus is in the Old World group, the New World species (including all from Virginia) were re-assigned to the genus Senega Spach 1838 (Pastore et al., 2023, Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 108: 126-249).
This species exhibits considerable variation in flower color, from whitish to purple. - Habitat
- Bogs, fens, seeps on mafic outcrops, moist to dry clearings, fields, and roadsides. Frequent in the mountains and Piedmont; infrequent in the Coastal Plain.
- Native Status
- Native
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