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Polygalaceae
Senega

not marked as a favorite taxon Senega crenata (C.W. James) J.F.B. Pastore & J.R. Abbott. Common name: Scalloped Milkwort. Phenology: Mar-Apr (-Jun). Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods and savannas, bogs, bayheads, acidic swamps. Distribution: Florida Panhandle and Alabama west to e. Texas; reported for Georgia (B.A. Sorrie, pers. comm.; R. Carter 16758).

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Subgenus: Senega. Section: Cleistogamae.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = POWO, Pastore et al (2023); = n/a — S; = Polygala crenata C.W.James — Fl3, FNA10, GW2, K1, K4, NS, WH3. Basionym: Polygala crenata C.W.James 1957

Links to other floras: = Polygala crenata - FNA10

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Senega crenata© Alan Cressler: Polygala crenata, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Wakulla County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Senega crenata© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Senega crenata© Alan Cressler: Polygala crenata, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Wakulla County, Florida 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Senega crenata© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Senega crenata© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷

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