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Asemeia grandiflora
Also called Showy Milkwort
Asemeia grandiflora (showy milkwort, candyroot) is a small herb from the milkwort family, native to the southeastern US and grown mainly as a wildflower rather than a houseplant. It thrives in sunny, well-drained, sandy soils.
Asemeia grandiflora, commonly known as showy milkwort, is a species of perennial flower found in North America. Previously known as Polygala grandiflora, the name of this species was changed to the currently-used Asemeia grandiflora in 2012.
This species is native to the southeastern region of the United States of America. Its range encompasses North Carolina south to Florida and westward to Louisiana.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asemeia grandiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
