| Accepted name: |
Polygala senega L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Polygala senega L. var. latifolia Torr. & A. Gray
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| English names: |
Seneca-snakeroot
Mountain Flax
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| French names: |
Polygala sénéca
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Polygalales
Family: Polygalaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPOLSE
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Infusion of root or root powder taken as a cathartic. Used for rheumatism. Used for colds. Used as a sudorific. Used as a diuretic and cathartic. Infusion of root or root powder taken as an expectorantic. Used for pleurisy and croup(*7)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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