Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Weakley (2020) recognizes two varieties, but they occur in the same habitats and occupy essentially the same range. Vascular Plants of NC will defer until additional documentation and annotated specimens. Learn more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala senega   FAMILY Polygalaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Polygala senega

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-004:

Polygala senega   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Polygala senega var. senega

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Polygala senega

COMMON NAME:
Southern Seneca Snakeroot

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pose3_001_lvd

        

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_polygala_senega1

April    Stanly County    NC

Its lanceolate cauline leaves unusually broad for a small-flowered Polygala, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_polygala_senega3

June    Stanly County    NC

Long, narrow, uninterrupted racemes of white or greenish flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polygala senega var. latifolia   FAMILY Polygalaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala senega   FAMILY Polygalaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Polygala senega

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-004:
Polygala senega   FAMILY Polygalaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Polygala senega var. senega

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polygala senega