OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

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


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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image of Polygala senega var. latifolia, Southern Seneca Snakeroot

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

        

image of Polygala senega var. latifolia, Southern Seneca Snakeroot

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).

image of Polygala senega var. latifolia, Southern Seneca Snakeroot

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

 

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2378

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: woodlands and openings, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White or greenish
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals (three small, two larger petaloid "wings")
3 petals united into a tube
8 stamens united to corolla tube in 2 rows

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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