View source for Polygala boykinii

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|accepted_name=Polygala boykinii
|accepted_authority=Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia
|place=7: 86. 1834
|year=1834
|other_info_on_pub=(as boykini)
}}
|common_names=Boykin’s milkwort
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Polygalaboykinii var. var. sparsifolia
|authority=Wheelock
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. boykinii var. suborbicularis
|authority=R. W. Long
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. flagellaris
|authority=Small
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. praetervisa
|authority=Chodat
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Polygalaceae;Polygala;Polygala boykinii
|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 boykinii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 10
|mention_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>short-lived perennial, usually multi-stemmed, (1.5–)2–6 dm, infrequently branched distally; caudex thickened. <b>Stems</b> usually erect or decumbent, rarely prostrate, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> whorled, at least proximally, to alternate distally; sessile or subsessile, rarely with narrowed petiolelike base to 1 mm; blade linear, elliptic, lanceolate, or obovate, 3–25 × 1–5 mm, base cuneate, margins sometimes erose, appearing toothed, apex often acute, sometimes obtuse or rounded proximally, surfaces glabrous. <b>Racemes</b> narrowly cylindric, 3–12(–15) × 0.4–0.8 cm; peduncle to 9 cm (elongate); bracts deciduous, lanceolate-ovate. <b>Pedicels</b> to 0.5 mm (to 1 mm in fruit), glabrous. <b>Flowers</b> white or greenish white, 2.5–3.2 mm; sepals ovate to elliptic, 1–1.3 mm; wings suborbiculate, broadly elliptic, or obovate, 2–3 × 1.5–2.5 mm, apex obtuse to bluntly rounded; keel 2–3 mm, crest 2-parted, with 2–4 lobes on each side. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose to broadly ellipsoid, 1.7–4 × (1.2–)2–3 mm, margins not winged. <b>Seeds</b> 1–2.5 mm, pubescent; aril 0.5–1.5 mm, lobes 1/3–2/3 length of seed. <b>2n</b> = ca. 28, 96.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Open slopes, prairielike sites, cut-over oak-pine forests, limestone outcrops, flatwoods.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;Tenn.;West Indies.
|discussion=<p>Polygala boykinii is highly variable, with numerous distinctive forms in southern Florida and the Caribbean, some of which may merit specific recognition.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Polygala boykinii
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Polygalaboykinii var. var. sparsifolia;P. boykinii var. suborbicularis;P. flagellaris;P. praetervisa
|basionyms=
|family=Polygalaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Open slopes, prairielike sites, cut-over oak-pine forests, limestone outcrops, flatwoods.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;Tenn.;West Indies.
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia
|publication year=1834
|special status=
|source xml=https://xjsachs2@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/e39f0e846f172941159b2045254d62d10d9823f6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V10/V10_464.xml
|genus=Polygala
|species=Polygala boykinii
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