Curtiss Milkwort Senega curtissii
Other Common Name(s):
Previously known as:
- Polygala curtissii
- Polygala hugeri
- Phonetic Spelling
- SEH-neh-gah ker-TISS-ee-eye
- Description
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Appalachian milkwort is a native wildflower in the milkwort family (Polygalaceae). It is widespread in the Southeast. The species epithet honors Allen Hiram Curtiss, a 19th-century American botanist who explored Florida and brought many species to the attention of science for the first time.
Appalachian milkwort is typically found in open areas, sandy meadows, old fields, and moist woodland borders.
It is rarely cultivated.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Senega
- Species:
- curtissii
- Family:
- Polygalaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Annual
- Perennial
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Annual
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Wildflower
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Erect
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Cultural Conditions:
- NC Region:
- Mountains
- Piedmont
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Pink
- Purple/Lavender
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Spike
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Spring
- Summer
- Flower Size:
- < 1 inch
- Flower Description:
- 0.25 " flowers borne on compact raceme at ends of a short terminal branch; pointed at first, then becomes blunt
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Leaf Shape:
- Linear
- Oblanceolate
- Oblong
- Hairs Present:
- No
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
