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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 Flora of North America

Polygala senega

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Polygala senega

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

Polygala senega   FAMILY Polygalaceae

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

Polygala senega

COMMON NAME:
Seneca Snakeroot

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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_201

        

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).

Laura Nichols    lni_828630198847021

May    Buncombe County    NC

Pisgah National Forest

Leaves crowded, lance-shaped, sometimes minutely toothed; middle and upper leaves 1.5-3" long, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

Laura Nichols    lni_947108176573390

May    Buncombe County    NC

Pisgah National Forest

Several stems, to 20" tall, arise from a single base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

Laura Nichols    lni_a54A0162

May    Buncombe County    NC

Pisgah National Forest

Flowers in a spike-like terminal raceme, white tinged w pink or green, < 1/4" long, often closed, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

Laura Nichols    lni_a54A0167

May    Buncombe County    NC

Pisgah National Forest

Fruit a rounded capsule, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

Laura Nichols    lni_a54A0170

May    Buncombe County    NC

Pisgah National Forest

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 (4/14/23):
Polygala senega +   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 Flora of North America
Polygala senega

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygala senega

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

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