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Learn more about Seneca Snakeroot from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Polygala senega
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polygala senega
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 106-01-004:
Polygala senega
FAMILY
Polygalaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Polygala senega var. latifolia
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Polygala senega var. senega
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Polygala senega
COMMON NAME:
Seneca Snakeroot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pose3_001_lvd
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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.
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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.