Polygala sanguinea L.

Polvaala sanguinea l.
det: J. Richard Abbott (NY), 2016
PLANTAE EXSICCATAE GRAYANAE
NEW YORK BOTANJCAL GARDEN
1361. Polygala sanguinea L.
Sp. PI. 705 (1758); Michx. FI. Bor.-Am. ii. 52 (1803);
DC. Prod. i. 328 (1824.); Gray, Man. 88 (1848); Chapm.
FI. So. U.S; 88 (i860); Macoun, Cat. Canad. PI. pt. i,
66 (1888); Chodat, Monog. pt. 2, 191, t. 22, fig. 20
(1898); Robinson in Gray, Syn. FI. i. pt. 1, 457 (1897);
Victorin, FI. Laurent. 889, fig. 128 (l985).
Syn. V. purpurea Nutt. Gen. ii. 88 (l818); Torr. &
Gray, FI. N. Am. i. 127 (1888), 670 (l840), non Ait.
1811. P. viridescens sensu in part. Britton & Brown, 111.
FI. ii. 358, fig. 2281 (1897); Small, FI. Se. U.S. 687
(1908); Blake in N. Am. FI. xxv. 853 (l924); Rydb. FI.
Pr. & PI. 510 (1982). P. viridescens var. sanguinea (L.)
Farwell in Ann. Rep. Comm. Parks & Boulev. Detroit,
xi. 72 (l900).
Bracts dark reddish purple in life. Growing with no. 1368.
Moist meadow on coast, Bridgeport, Fairfield County,
4 Connecticut.
Coll. E. H. Eames
August 13, 1941
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