Orange Milkwort
Polygala lutea
Orange milkwort, whose dense clover-like heads are a startling fluorescent orange — the common name "bog cheetos" is unofficial but earned. A biennial of wet coastal flatwoods that keeps itself going by reseeding into damp bare sand.
- Family
- Polygalaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- biennial
- Height
- 0.3–1.3 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.6 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- orange
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, SC, VA