''Senega boykinii'', known by the common name Boykin's milkwort, is a species of flowering plant.
It grows to about 2 feet high and produces a spear of white flowers.
It is a
dicot
The dicotyledons, also known as dicots (or, more rarely, dicotyls), are one of the two groups into which all the flowering plants (angiosperms) were formerly divided. The name refers to one of the typical characteristics of the group: namely, ...
in the family
Polygalaceae
The Polygalaceae or the milkwort family are made up of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 27 genera and ''ca''. 900 known species of herbs, shrubs and trees. Over half of the species are in on ...
. It has been collected in the south-eastern United States (Florida, Alabama).
References
Polygalaceae
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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