Rhinotropis lindheimeri var. parvifolia (Wheelock) J.R.Abbott

BOTANICAL
Garde**
PLANTS OF NORTH CAROLINA, U.S.A.
Polygalacea«
D. E. Boufford & E. W.
23615
ARNOLD ARBORETUM (A)
Wood
20 May 1985
OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY
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Polygala senega L.
Yancey County: unpaved road ca. 0.8 km (0.5
mile) S of the town of Huntdale and the Noli-
chucky River. Elevation ca. 680 m. Steep,
mowed, roadside bank in mixed forest of Tsuga,
Acer, Fagus, Tilia, Liriodendron and Betula.
Growing in dense, few- to many-stemmed clumps
in rocky, loam soil. Flowers white; roots
with odor of wintergreen.
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