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Revision as of 07:25, 6 October 2015
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| Photo taken by Gil Nelson | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Polygalales |
| Family: | Polygalaceae |
| Genus: | Polygala |
| Species: | P. nana |
| Binomial name | |
| Polygala nana (Michx.) DC. | |
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| Natural range of Polygala nana from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: candyroot
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
This species has been found in open, well-drained wiregrass-pine flatwoods and interdune swales growing on both dry and moist sands (FSU Herbarium). Observed species in sandhill longleaf pine habitat that has 1 to 3 year fire return intervals. Also seen near cypress pond, about 1 to 2 feet from water’s edge of Pebble Hill Plantation C plots. (Michelle M. Smith – early summer 2014 and 2015).P. nana has also been found growing along the sides of highways and in the wetlands of clear cut areas (FSU Herbarium).
