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ID of Florida wildflower (Fabaceae?)
Location: Southeast Florida (USA), south of Fort Myers; Winkler Point, Estero Bay Preserve State Park Habitat: narrow stretch of relatively dry, sandy soil between freshwater marshes Date photos taken: Jan. 25, 2010; follow-ups on Feb. 18, 2010 Photos: www.nyx.net/~dhcox/fab1.jpg and fab2.jpg and fab3.jpg I am guessing that this is in the Fabaceae but it is just a guess. The flower was very small, about 1/3 of an inch across. The leaves were alternate, entire, narrow, up to one and 1/3 inch long, with a pronounced midrib beneath. I went back to take the second two photos, I am pretty sure I found the same species if not the same individual. I would be very grateful for any help on identification of this species. Thanks! -David Cox |
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ID of Florida wildflower (Fabaceae?)
Check the genus Polygala of the Polygalaceae. The flowers do look a bit
like bean flowers but are constructed differently. Compare your sample to this photo of Polygala grandiflora. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_cressler/3800292830/ M. Reed Texas A&M David Hamilton Cox wrote: Location: Southeast Florida (USA), south of Fort Myers; Winkler Point, Estero Bay Preserve State Park Habitat: narrow stretch of relatively dry, sandy soil between freshwater marshes Date photos taken: Jan. 25, 2010; follow-ups on Feb. 18, 2010 Photos: www.nyx.net/~dhcox/fab1.jpg and fab2.jpg and fab3.jpg I am guessing that this is in the Fabaceae but it is just a guess. The flower was very small, about 1/3 of an inch across. The leaves were alternate, entire, narrow, up to one and 1/3 inch long, with a pronounced midrib beneath. I went back to take the second two photos, I am pretty sure I found the same species if not the same individual. I would be very grateful for any help on identification of this species. Thanks! -David Cox |
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ID of Florida wildflower (Fabaceae?)
Wow, Polygala grandiflora sure looks like the correct answer, the right ID of the photo I asked about. Many thanks to M. Reed for the response. Besides the satisfaction of simply having this intriguing flower identified, it is interesting to me because I previously have seen only one species of Polygala, P. brevifolia, and that only in my yard here in Virginia. I've spent no little time trying to verify that ID, and am still not sure; last summer, two eminently qualified botanists visited me to see an unusual flower neither had seen, and I was getting their input on some longstanding puzzles, and even though they took a sample of my Polygala home to examine with a microscope, they were still not able to offer an ID. They said that the leaves were past the point of being able to clinch an ID. Thanks again for the help! -David Cox |
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