General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Biennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Plant Height: 4-6 inches; to 18 inches when including bloom spike.
Plant Spread: 4-6 inches
Fruit: Other: Capsule
Fruiting Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Orange and yellow
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Pollinators: Self

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Common names
  • Bog Cheetos
  • Orange Milkwort
  • Candy Weed
  • Bog-Bachelor Button
  • Yellow Bachelor's Buttons

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Date: 2021-05-09
Location: Southern Pines, NC (Mill creek greenway in bog area along gas right of way)
Date: May 18, 2023
Orange milkwort #194. RAB page 658, 106-1-14; LHB page 615, 105-1
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park (east side)
Date: May 29, 2022
Orange milkwort #194. RAB page 658, 106-1-14; LHB page 615, 105-1
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park (east side)
Date: May 29, 2022
Orange milkwort #194. RAB page 658, 106-1-14; LHB page 615, 105-1
Location: Flatwoods Park - Hillsborough County, Florida
Date: 02-NOV-2004
Photo courtesy of Brian Ahern
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2015-04-18
At Brooker Creek Headwaters Preserve
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park (east side)
Date: May 29, 2022
Orange milkwort #194. RAB page 658, 106-1-14; LHB page 615, 105-1
Photo by sedumzz
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2013-06-22
Location: North Carolina Botanical Gardens Chapel Hill, NC
Date: June 2014
Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Dec 16, 2013 7:13 AM concerning plant:
    A bog plant found in the pine barrens of the southeastern United States. This is the only Polygala with round, dense clusters of small orange flowers.
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