Polygala senega

Common names: Officinal Milk-wort, Rattle-snake-root, Senega Root, Wilkwort, Seneca, Snake Root

Genus: Polygala

Species: Polygala senega

Class: Diadelphia

Order: Octandria

Authority: Linnaeus

Modern Genus: Polygala

Modern Species: Polygala senega

Modern Family: Polygalaceae

Plant Type: perennial

Color: white or green-white

Native Region: N America

Artist: S. Edwards, Sansum