View source for Polygala verticillata

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|accepted_name=Polygala verticillata
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 706. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Whorled milkwort;polygale verticillé
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Polygala ambigua
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P.pretzii pennell
|authority=
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. verticillata var. ambigua
|authority=(Nuttall) Alph. Wood
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. verticillata var. dolichoptera
|authority=Fernald
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. verticillata var. isocycla
|authority=Fernald
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. verticillata var. sphenostachya
|authority=Pennell
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Polygalaceae;Polygala;Polygala verticillata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polygalaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Polygala]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Polygala verticillata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 10
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>annual, single-stemmed, 0.5–3(–4) dm, usually branched distally; from slender taproot. <b>Stems</b> erect, sometimes slightly glaucous, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> usually whorled proximally, sometimes whorled to inflorescence, opposite to alternate distally, rarely alternate throughout; sessile or subsessile, petiole rarely to 1 mm; blade sometimes linear-spatulate proximally, usually linear, linear-oblong, -elliptic, or -lanceolate distally, (5–)10–20(–30) × 0.5–5.5 mm, base cuneate to acute, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces glabrous. <b>Racemes</b> nearly spikelike, conic to cylindric-conic, 0.5–5 × 0.2–0.6 cm, sometimes interrupted proximally, with some proximal fruits persistent below gap; peduncle to 9 cm (usually elongate); bracts deciduous, subulate to lanceolate. <b>Pedicels</b> 0.2–1(–2) mm, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b> white or with greenish or pinkish tinge, sepals sometimes purplish or whitish, 1–2.2(–2.6) mm; sepals ovate or elliptic to lanceolate, 0.5–1.6 mm, ciliate; wings suborbiculate, ovate, elliptic, or obovate, 1–2.6 × 0.8–2.5 mm, apex obtuse to bluntly rounded; keel 1.2–1.8 mm, crest 2-parted, with 1 or 2 lobes on each side. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose or broadly ellipsoid to ovoid, 1.3–2.4 × 0.7–2.2 mm, margins not winged. <b>Seeds</b> 1.2–2.2 mm, pubescent; aril 0.5–1 mm, lobes 1/3–1/2 length of seed. <b>2n</b> = 34.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Meadows, prairies, open woodlands, sand dunes, old fields, open places (limestone glades, railroad rights-of-way, rock quarries).
|elevation=0–2100 m.
|distribution=Man.;N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Varieties of Polygala verticillata have been recognized; they co-occur and intergrade, suggesting that they are polymorphisms not worthy of taxonomic recognition.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Polygala verticillata
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Polygala ambigua;P.pretzii pennell;P. verticillata var. ambigua;P. verticillata var. dolichoptera;P. verticillata var. isocycla;P. verticillata var. sphenostachya
|basionyms=
|family=Polygalaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Meadows, prairies, open woodlands, sand dunes, old fields, open places (limestone glades, railroad rights-of-way, rock quarries).
|elevation=0–2100 m.
|distribution=Man.;N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=https://xjsachs2@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/1f4bf54ae2f7dbd5376c45b4fe1b388e15b53086/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V10/V10_489.xml
|genus=Polygala
|species=Polygala verticillata
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