Polygala nana

Polygala nana
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.
Natural range of Polygala nana from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: candyroot

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).

References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: Collectors: States and Counties: Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.