Asemeia grandiflora (Walter) Small. Common name: Showy Milkwort. Phenology: (Dec-) May-Jul. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, especially in mesic flats and transition areas; dry sandy soils of roadsides and fields. Distribution: S. NC south to s. FL, west to s. MS; West Indies; Mexico to Central America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Sometimes included in the neotropical P. violacea Aublet (Nicaragua to Paraguay) (as by Bernardi 2000), or alternatively subdivided into varieties or species (see synonymy); some at least of Small’s species merit recognition, but are listed here as synonyms until additional studies are done. At a minimum, separation of Asemeia grandiflora from the "violacea entity" seems warranted, based on Pastore & Abbott’s (2012) rangewide study.
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA10, Abbott (2011), Pastore & Abbott (2012); = Polygala grandiflora Walter — Bah, RAB; > Asemeia cumulicola Small — S; > Asemeia grandiflora (Walter) Small var. angustifolia — S; > Asemeia grandiflora (Walter) Small var. grandiflora — S; > Asemeia leiodes (Blake) Small — S; > Asemeia miamiensis Small — S; < Asemeia violacea (Aubl.) J.F.B.Pastore & J.R.Abbott — Fl3, K4; > Polygala corallicola Small; > Polygala grandiflora Walter var. angustifolia Torr. & A.Gray — S13; > Polygala grandiflora Walter var. grandiflora — S13; < Polygala violacea Aubl. — Mex, WH3, WI, Bernardi (2000). Basionym: Polygala grandiflora Walter 1788
Links to other floras: = Asemeia grandiflora - FNA10
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect-spreading perennial of sandhills and dry sandy soils of roadsides and fields.
Stems: Stems 1-several from a taproot, usually branched, covered with closely pressed to spreading hairs.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, lance- to linear-lance-shaped, to 2 in. long, furry (at least on veins beneath).
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Flowers: Flowers loosely spaced in narrow, terminal raceme (2-5 in. long); pink to rosy, about 1/2 in. wide, bilaterally symmetric, with 2 rounded "wings" (petal-like sepals) and, between them, 3 petals joined together to form a tube without a fringe at the tip.
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Height: 8-20 in.
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description: Erect-spreading perennial of sandhills and dry sandy soils of roadsides and fields.
stems: Stems 1-several from a taproot, usually branched, covered with closely pressed to spreading hairs.
leaves: Leaves alternate, lance- to linear-lance-shaped, to 2 in. long, furry (at least on veins beneath).
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers loosely spaced in narrow, terminal raceme (2-5 in. long); pink to rosy, about 1/2 in. wide, bilaterally symmetric, with 2 rounded "wings" (petal-like sepals) and, between them, 3 petals joined together to form a tube without a fringe at the tip.
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