Senega lutea explained

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.[1] [2] It was first described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus.[3]

Description

Senega lutea is an annual or biennial herbaceous plant which has a height between NaNcm (-2,147,483,648inches).[4] Its flowers are orange-yellow and 2inchesto3inchesin (toin) long. Its pedicels are 1inchesto2inchesin (toin) long.[4] It flowers between April and October.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Plants Profile for Polygala lutea (orange milkwort) . plants.usda.gov . United States Department of Agriculture . July 1, 2020.
  2. House . Homer D. . Wild flowers of New York . 1918 . pt.1 . July 18, 2020 . The University of the state of New York.
  3. Web site: Harvard University . Royal Botanic Gardens Kew . Australian National Herbarium . Polygala lutea . International Plant Names Index . July 17, 2020.
  4. Britton . Nathaniel Lord . Brown . Addison . 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 . July 18, 2020 . C. Scribner . 1913.
  5. Web site: Polygala lutea . warcapps.usgs.gov . United States Department of the Interior . July 1, 2020.

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