Polygala cymosa

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Species Distribution Map
Family:POLYGALACEAE
Species:Polygala cymosa Walter
Common Name:Tall Pinebarren Milkwort
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:POCY
Plant Notes:Tall Pinebarren Milkwort is a native herbaceous biennial in the Milkwort family (Polygalaceae). It occurs in the southernmost counties of Alabama. Tall Pinebarren Milkwort occurs in bogs, in seeps, in pine flatwoods, and in pond cypress depressions. It usually grows with the base of the plant in standing water. It is a single-stemmed biennial with a fibrous root system. Stems are erect, 1-3 feet in height, usually branched only in the inflorescence, glabrous, and green in color. Leaves are basal and cauline. The basal leaves form a rosette and are larger than the stem leaves. The basal leaves are often withered at flowering. Stem leaves are alternate, sessile, spreading, and greatly reduced in size upwards. The leaves are linear to lanceolate in outline and glabrous. Flowers are produced in flat topped cymose panicles. Flowers are bright yellow, becoming green upon drying. Flowers have five sepals and three petals. Two of the sepals (wings) are larger, elliptic to obovate or oblanceolate in outline, with abruptly cuspidate tips. The three petals are fused. The lower petal is the keel and has a 2-parted crest with 2 or 3 entire or 2-forked lobes on each side. The fruit is a globose capsule. The seed are glabrous.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyPOLYGALACEAE - Milkwort family
Genus Polygala
Species Polygala cymosa Walter - Tall Pinebarren Milkwort

Citation

Citation Polygala cymosa Walter, Fl. Carol. 179. 1788.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: SOUTH CAROLINA: Georgetown Co.: 15 mi. N of Georgetown, 24 Jun 1939, Godfrey & Tryon 67 (neotype: GH; isoneotypes: BH, CA, CAS, DUKE, F, MO, NY, US). Neotypified by D. B. Ward, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 482. 2008.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Pilostaxis cymosa Pilostaxis cymosa (Walter) Small, Man. S.E. Fl. 774, 1505. 1933.Polygala cymosa Walter 1788. 
Polygala acutifolia Polygala acutifolia Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 128. 1838. FLORIDA: "Middle Florida", without data, Chapman s.n. (holotype: NY).
Polygala attenuata Polygala attenuata Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 90. 1818. GEORGIA: Without data, Nuttall s.n. (lectotype: PH 1049951, leftmost specimen). Lectotypified by Freire-Fierro & Landale, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 5: 114. 2011.
Polygala corymbosa Polygala corymbosa Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 54. 1803, nom. illegit.Polygala cymosa Walter 1788. 
Polygala cymosa var. graminifolia Polygala cymosa Walter, var. graminifolia (Poiret) Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 670. 1840.Polygala graminifolia Poiret 1804. 
Polygala graminifolia Polygala graminifolia Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 500. 1804.  

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Covington, Escambia, Geneva, Houston, Mobile

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1879 - 1993

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA_ACC_17996 Covington 26 Jul 1968 Kral, Robert
32066		 AUA
Polygala Cymosa Walt.
TROY000007848 Geneva 26 May 2001 Kral, Robert
91163		 TROY
Polygala cymosa Walter
AUA_ACC_541 Mobile 19 Jul 1964 Sumawidjaja, Kusman
 AUA
Polygala Cymosa Walt.
UNA00045808 Houston 31 May 1993 MacDonald, John R.
6154		 UNA
Polygala cymosa Walt.
UWAL0013670 Baldwin 14 Jul 2013 Keener, Brian R.
8058		 UWAL
Polygala cymosa Walt.
JSU139954 Baldwin 05 Jun 1998 C., D.G.
X19		 JSU
Polygala cymosa Walter
AUA_ACC_23925 Covington 8 Aug 1971 Brugh, Jr., Thomas H.
 AUA
Polygala Cymosa Walt.
TROY000041897 Geneva 19 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25526		 TROY
Polygala cymosa Walter
TROY000007846 Baldwin 12 May 2000 Kral, Robert
89739		 TROY
Polygala cymosa Walter
UNA00009631 Covington 26 Jul 1968 Kral, Robert
32066		 UNA
Polygala cymosa Walt.
AUA_ACC_119 Baldwin 4 May 1957 Baker, W.H.
 AUA
Polygala Cymosa Walt.
ALNHS00004926 Baldwin 10 May 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3091		 ALNHS
Polygala cymosa Walt.
AUA_ACC_5878 Baldwin 27 Jul 1968 Grimes, Jr., E.S.
 AUA
Polygala Cymosa Walt.
USAM000012914 Baldwin 14 Aug 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9378		 USAM
Polygala cymosa Walter
JSU138748 Covington 01 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39433		 JSU
Polygala cymosa Walter
ALNHS00004225 Baldwin 15 Jun 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2620		 ALNHS
Polygala cymosa Walt.
UWAL0018950 Geneva 19 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25526		 UWAL
Polygala cymosa Walter
USAM000012913 Mobile 30 Aug 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8647		 USAM
Polygala cymosa Walter
UWAL0043514 Baldwin 12 May 2004 West, Chan
1523		 UWAL
Polygala cymosa Walter
TROY000007847 Baldwin 12 May 2000 Kral, Robert
89739		 TROY
Polygala cymosa Walter
TROY000030950 Baldwin 03 Jun 1952 Davis, Donald E.
s.n.		 TROY
Polygala cymosa Walter
AUA_ACC_71853 Mobile 11 Jul 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
611		 AUA
Polygala Cymosa Walt.
UWAL0018688 Baldwin 28 Jul 1990 Kral, Robert
78215		 UWAL
Polygala cymosa Walt.
UNA00009632 Mobile 10 Jul 1879 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Polygala cymosa Walt.
AUA_ACC_3201 Baldwin 3 Jun 1952 Davis, Donald E.
 AUA
Polygala Cymosa Walt.
JSU138747 Baldwin 27 Jul 1968 Johnson, Stephen C.
X-49-197		 JSU
Polygala cymosa Walter
AUA_ACC_52786 Escambia 16 Jun 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
6983		 AUA
Polygala Cymosa Walt.
UWAL0043515 Baldwin 20 May 2004 Long, M.
1392		 UWAL
Polygala cymosa Walter
AUA_ACC_35264 Covington 8 Jun 1979 Crawford, Lloyd C.
 AUA
Polygala Cymosa Walt.
ALNHS00000298 Baldwin 05 Jun 1998 Crow, D.G.
s.n.		 ALNHS
Polygala cymosa Walt.
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