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56 +

dehiscent +

basifixed +

obtuse +  and bluntly rounded +

0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +

J. Richard Abbott +

Walter +

cuneate +  and acute +

veined +

punctate +

dimorphic +

secondary +

obscure +

, +, spatulate +  and obovate +

uniform +

pubescent +  and glabrous +

deciduous +

1 +

ovate +  and oblong-ovate +

absent +

0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +

globose-ovoid +  and ellipsoid +

0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +

Bitter or racemed milkwort +  and polygale polygame +

fascicles +

reduced +

glabrous +

2-parted +

N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +

0–300 m. +

connate +

sessile +  and pedicellate +

symmetric +

not grouped +

0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +

whitish +, usually pink +  and pale-purple +

purple +

in proximal leaf-axils +  and subterranean +

absent +

fewer +

cleistogamous +

0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +

samaroid +  and pseudomonomerous +

dehiscent +

glabrous +  and pubescent +

isodiametric +  and slightly oblong +

Sandy meadows, savannas, bogs, sandhills, flatwoods, dry hammocks, floodplain swamps, open roadsides, clear-cuts, granite outcrops, coastal dunes. +

branched +  and unbranched +

multistemmed +

cluster +

3dm (5dm) +

biennial +, perennial +  and short-lived +

single +

1.5dm (3dm) +

Present +

terminal +

0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +

crested +

0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +

petaloid +

adnate +

expanded +

2 +

reduced +

subsessile +  and sessile +

opposite +, subopposite +  and alternate +

cauline +  and basal +

absent +

uniform +

1/3 length of seed (3/4 length of seed) +

2 (?) +

2 (40) +

anthesis +

1 +

2 +

not winged +

entire +

white +  and pink +

leaf-opposed +, axillary +  and terminal +

glabrous +, ciliolate +  and ciliate +

0 +

1 +  and 3 +

0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +

2-loculed +

2[-8]-locular +

axile +

superior +

1 +

winged +

absent +

glabrous +

0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +

absent +

1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +

3 +

Flowering spring–mid summer. +

syncarpous +  and 2[-8]-carpellate +

later +

Fl. Carol., +

1788 +

open +

10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +

5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +

elongate +  and cylindric +

0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +

None +

petiolelike +

narrow +

usually brownish +  and whitish +

exfoliating +

3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +

0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +

15mm (30mm) +

elliptic +  and oblanceolate +

0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +

arillate +

smooth +

blackish +

usually densely short-pubescent +  and subglabrous +

1 +

ellipsoid +

0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +

arillate +

pubescent +

imbricate +

persistent +

glabrous +

5 +

ovate +

unequal +

0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (?) +

unarmed +

clonal +

synoecious +

short +

capsular +

6 (8) +

8 +

lax +

sprawling +

erect +

glabrous +

2 +

not +  and petiolate +

absent +

1 +

1 +

glabrous +

Polygala aboriginum +  and P. polygama var. obtusata +

Polygalaceae +

Polygala polygama +

Polygala +

species +

conduplicate +

reflexed +

2 +

crested +  and lobed +

2 +

Volume 10 +

persistent +

0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +

glabrous +

obovate +  and elliptic +

0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +

1.6mm;2.7mm +