Index / Search / Polygala senega
§1 Plant
Polygala senega L.
vernacular Seneca snakeroot — species · Polygalaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
- Genus
- Polygala
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 529 counties across 32 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 529 counties across 32 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Bureau 17011
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Effingham 17049
- Grundy 17063
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- Lee 17103
- Macon 17115
- Madison 17119
- Marshall 17123
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Rock Island 17161
- Shelby 17173
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Dearborn 18029
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Fulton 18049
- Greene 18055
- Harrison 18061
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- Lawrence 18093
- Martin 18101
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Noble 18113
- Ohio 18115
- Orange 18117
- Parke 18121
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- Whitley 18183
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Allen 21003
- Anderson 21005
- Bell 21013
- Boyle 21021
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Campbell 21037
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Grant 21081
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Owsley 21189
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Spencer 21215
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Woodford 21239
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Alpena 26007
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Chippewa 26033
- Clinton 26037
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Genesee 26049
- Hillsdale 26059
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lapeer 26087
- Livingston 26093
- Montcalm 26117
- Oakland 26125
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Blue Earth 27013
- Cass 27021
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Grant 27051
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Nicollet 27103
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Swift 27151
- Wabasha 27157
- Wadena 27159
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Christian 29043
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Hickory 29085
- Iron 29093
- Laclede 29105
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Schuyler 29197
- Shannon 29203
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Livingston 36051
- Monroe 36055
- Niagara 36063
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Saratoga 36091
- Schoharie 36095
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 17 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashtabula 39007
- Auglaize 39011
- Butler 39017
- Champaign 39021
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Defiance 39039
- Erie 39043
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Hamilton 39061
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Jackson 39079
- Lake 39085
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Montgomery 39113
- Ottawa 39123
- Paulding 39125
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Preble 39135
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Union 39159
- Warren 39165
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Bedford 42009
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Forest 42053
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Mercer 42085
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hawkins 47073
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Maury 47119
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Perry 47135
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sumner 47165
- Union 47173
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Vermont view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Amelia 51007
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Giles 51071
- Lee 51105
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Pulaski 51155
- Rockbridge 51163
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Surry 51181
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
West Virginia view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sheboygan 55117
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POSE3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3191367 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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