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Senega lutea

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Senega lutea

Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Missing taxonomy template (fix): Senega
Species:
Template:Taxonomy/SenegaS. lutea
Binomial name
Template:Taxonomy/SenegaSenega lutea
(L.) J.F.B.Pastore & J.R.Abbott
Synonyms
  • Pilostaxis lutea (L.) Raf.
  • Polygala lutea L.
  • Polygala pseudosenega Bertol.

Senega lutea, commonly known as orange- or yellow milkwort, is a plant in the milkwort family (Polygalaceae) native to pine-barren depressions and swamps in coastal areas of the southern and eastern the United States.[2][3] It was first described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus.[4]

Description

Senega lutea is an annual or biennial herbaceous plant which has a height between 20 and 50 centimetres (7.9 and 19.7 in).[5][6] Its flowers are orange-yellow and 2 to 3 inches (5.1 to 7.6 cm) long. Its pedicels are 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.1 cm) long.[6] It flowers between April and October.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Polygala lutea Yellow Milkwort". NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.159529/Polygala_lutea. 
  2. ↑ "Plants Profile for Polygala lutea (orange milkwort)". United States Department of Agriculture. https://plants.usda.gov/plant-profile?symbol=POLU. 
  3. ↑ House, Homer D. (1918). Wild flowers of New York. pt.1. The University of the state of New York. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19082603#page/412/mode/1up. Retrieved July 18, 2020. 
  4. ↑ "Polygala lutea". https://www.ipni.org/n/283489-2. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Polygala lutea". United States Department of the Interior. https://warcapps.usgs.gov/PlantID/Species/Details/509. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Britton, Nathaniel Lord; Brown, Addison (1913). An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. 2. C. Scribner. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3460593#page/455/mode/1up. Retrieved July 18, 2020. 

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