Vascular Plants of North Carolina
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Account for Southern Seneca Snakeroot - Senega officinalis var. 2   Spach
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Section 6 » Family Polygalaceae
AuthorSpach
DistributionMountains and Piedmont only. Details of the range are not well known, owing to the varietal status. Most herbaria have not yet re-examined specimens to varietal status.

"NY west to MN, SD, and BC, south to n. GA, TN, AR, OK, and WY" (Weakley 2024).
AbundanceSeemingly rare to locally uncommon.
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Taxonomic CommentsThis is the former Polygala senega var. latifolia.

All of the former Polygala species in NC have now been moved to the genus Senega in 2023.
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State RankS2?
Global RankG4G5TNR
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B.A. SorrieStanly County, 2008, Union Chapel Enon Knolls, mesic rocky woodland. StanlyPhoto_natural
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