| Family | POLYGALACEAE |
| Genus species | Senega officinalis Spach |
| Bibliography | Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 129 (1838) |
| Native Range | Canada to n. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 50-800m |
| Description | stems strigulose, leaves alternate, 1-3cm long, lanceolate or ovate, margins scabrous, lower leaves often scaly-like, flowers in compact, oblong raceme |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | greenish white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuberous perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division of resting tubers |
| Synonyms | Polygala albida Steud. Polygala lonchophylla Greene Polygala rosea Steud. Polygala senega L. Polygala senega var. albida Michx. Polygala senega var. dentata Chodat Polygala senega var. latifolia Torr. & A.Gray Polygala seneka Hill |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (NBR New Brunswick, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, DEL Delaware, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |