Overview
Distribution
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Gleason, H. A. 1968. The Choripetalous Dicotyledoneae. vol. 2. 655 pp. In H. A. Gleason Ill. Fl. N. U.S. (ed. 3). New York Botanical Garden, New York.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1704
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Long, R. W. & O. K. Lakela. 1971. Fl. Trop. Florida i–xvii, 1–962. University of Miami Press, Coral Cables.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1506
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Radford, A. E., H. E. Ahles & C. R. Bell. 1968. Man. Vasc. Fl. Carolinas i–lxi, 1–1183. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/636
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Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Man. Vasc. Pl. Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1493
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Small, J. K. 1933. Man. S.E. Fl. i–xxii, 1–1554. Published by the Author, New York.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1515
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Small, J. K. 1933. Man. S.E. Fl. i–xxii, 1–1554. Published by the Author, New York.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1515
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National Distribution
Canada
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
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Global Range: Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Ontario, south through the eastern United States to Florida, west to Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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Physical Description
Diagnostic Description
Loose raceme with well-spaced, distinctly pediceled flowers; cleistogamous flowers from base of plant; largest sepals twice as long as wide; corolla distinctly fringed; flowers pink-purple to white; biennial or perennial.
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Ecology
Habitat
Comments: Dry woods and openings (Fernald 1950). Ohio: open to semi-open situations in dry to moist usually sandy soil: open woods, woods borders, dunes, banks, and fields (McCance and Burns 1984). Florida: dry pinelands and coastal dunes (Wunderlin 1982).
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Associations
Flower-Visiting Insects of Purple Milkwort in Illinois
(Insect activity is unspecified; this observation is from Mitchell)
Bees (short-tongued)
Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus floridanus (Mch)
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Hilty, J. Editor. 2010. Insect Visitors of Illinois Wildflowers. World Wide Web electronic publication. flowervisitors.info, version (09/2010).
See: Abbreviations for Insect Activities, Abbreviations for Scientific Observers, References for behavioral observations H
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Life History and Behavior
Reproduction
Showy chasmogamous flowers in terminal racemes; also cleistogamous flowers in underground, prostrate, or aerial racemes. Seeds have a conspicuous aril, promoting dispersal by ants; the subterranean cleistogamous flowers are self-"dispersed".
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Conservation
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
Canada
Rounded National Status Rank: N4 - Apparently Secure
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure
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NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
Reasons: Widespread in the United States and Canada.
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