| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polygalaceae | Senega alba | White Milkwort | Rocky and sandy prairies and thickets. | Saskatchewan and Alberta south to s. Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico. |  (c) Keith, Eric - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Polygalaceae | Senega ambigua | Loose Milkwort | Fields, woodlands, openings. | Maine west to Michigan, south to Georgia, Alabama, and Oklahoma. |  (c) Cressler, Alan M. |
| Polygalaceae | Senega appendiculata | Swamp Milkwort | Bogs and pond margins. | Se. North Carolina (Pender County; B. Sorrie, pers.comm., 2025); ne. and Panhandle Florida west to e. Texas; Mexico, Central America, and South America; Cuba. No confirmed Georgia specimens appear to exist, although the species has been collected from adjacent Nassau County, Florida. |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY |
| Polygalaceae | Senega aquilonia | Northern Drumheads | Bogs, damp or wet soil in openings. | S. Maine, New York, Michigan, and Minnesota south to e. Virginia, w. North Carolina, n. Georgia, n. Alabama, Tennessee, and Illinois. |  (c) Gorrell, Jared - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Polygalaceae | Senega balduini var. balduini | White Milkwort, Baldwin's Milkwort | Wet pine savannas, marl prairies, interdune swales. | E. Georgia south to s. Florida, west to s. Alabama (Barger et al. 2023) and s. Mississippi; e. Texas; Cuba; Bahamas (Andros Island). |  (c) Ward, Scott G |
| Polygalaceae | Senega balduini var. carteri | Carter’s Milkwort | Pine flatwoods. | S. Florida; e. Cuba. |  (c) Campos, Aidan |
| Polygalaceae | Senega boykinii var. 1 [=boykinii] | Boykin's Milkwort | Longleaf pine flatwoods and savannas, seeps, prairies, calcareous glades. | C. Tennessee south through Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to s. Florida and w. Louisiana. |  (c) Campos, Aidan |
| Polygalaceae | Senega boykinii var. 2 [=sparsifolia] | Boykin's Milkwort | Pine rocklands, often growing out of oolitic limestone. | S. Florida (Monroe County Keys, Miami-Dade County). | |
| Polygalaceae | Senega brevifolia | Shortleaf Milkwort, Little-leaf Milkwort | Pine savannas, pocosin margins, pocosin interiors after fire. | New York (presumably Long Island) and New Jersey south to Panhandle Florida, west to s. Mississippi. |  (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Polygalaceae | Senega chapmanii | Pine savannas, seepage bogs. | Panhandle Florida and sw. Georgia west to s. Mississippi. |  (c) Ward, Scott G | |
| Polygalaceae | Senega crenata | Scalloped Milkwort | Wet pine flatwoods and savannas, bogs, bayheads, acidic swamps. | Florida Panhandle and Alabama west to e. Texas; reported for Georgia (B.A. Sorrie, pers. comm.; R. Carter 16758). |  (c) Cressler, Alan M. |
| Polygalaceae | Senega cruciata | Drumheads | Bogs, damp or wet soil in openings. | S. New Jersey south to s. Florida, west to Arkansas, se. Oklahoma, and e. Texas; disjunct inland in se. Tennessee. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Polygalaceae | Senega curtissii | Button-rosy, Appalachian Milkwort, Curtiss's Milkwort | Mafic barrens, old fields, thickets, openings. | Delaware and se. Pennsylvania (Rhoads & Block 2007) west to Ohio, south to South Carolina, Georgia, and ne. Mississippi. |  (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Polygalaceae | Senega cymosa | Tall Pinebarren Milkwort | Pond-cypress savannas, Coastal Plain depression ponds, clay-based Carolina bays, other sites with seasonally flooded hydrology. | E. North Carolina south to s. Florida, west to s. Mississippi; disjunct in s. Delaware. |  (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Polygalaceae | Senega hookeri | Hooker's Milkwort | Pine savannas. | Panhandle Florida (and sw. Georgia?), west to s. Mississippi and e. Louisiana; disjunct in se. North Carolina and ne. South Carolina; reported for e. Texas (Correll & Johnston 1970). |  (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Polygalaceae | Senega incarnata | Pink Milkwort, Procession-flower | Pine savannas, woodlands, glades, upland dry prairies, fields. | New York (Long Island) and se. Pennsylvania (Rhoads & Block 2007) west to Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa, south to s. Florida and Texas; Mexico; Central America. |  (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Polygalaceae | Senega leptostachys | Georgia Milkwort | Longleaf pine sandhills. | Ne. Florida south to c. peninsular Florida, west to sw. Georgia (Jones & Coile 1988), s. Alabama (Sorrie & LeBlond 2008), s. Mississippi (Sorrie & Leonard 1999). |  (c) Griffith, Floyd A. |
| Polygalaceae | Senega lewtonii | Sand Sweethearts, Lewton’s Milkwort | Longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub, often on yellow sands. | N. Florida peninsula (Marion County) south to c. Florida. |  (c) Ward, Scott G |
| Polygalaceae | Senega longicaulis | Longstem Milkwort | Native of tropical America. Reported for our region only from Jackson County, Alabama, in 1917. |  (c) verneau - CC-BY-NC-ND | |
| Polygalaceae | Senega lutea | Orange Milkwort, Red-hot-poker, Yellow Bachelor's-buttons | Wet pine savannas, ditches, bogs, seeps, other wet (saturated) areas. | New York (Long Island), se. Pennsylvania (Rhoads & Block 2007), and New Jersey south to s. Florida, west to e. Louisiana. |  (c) Stuart, Will |
| Polygalaceae | Senega mariana | Maryland Milkwort | Bogs, pine savannas, other open wet habitats. | S. New Jersey south to c. peninsular Florida, west to Texas; disjunct inland in sw. Tennessee (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997). |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Polygalaceae | Senega nana | Dwarf Milkwort, Candyroot | Longleaf pine flatwoods, other open (sometimes disturbed) moist areas. | E. Georgia south to s. Florida, west to e. Texas, with scattered populations inland to n. South Carolina, w. North Carolina, nw. Georgia, n. Alabama, c. Tennessee (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997), and ne. Mississippi. |  © Scott Ward |
| Polygalaceae | Senega nuttallii | Nuttall's Milkwort | Pocosins, pine savannas, seepages, also in depression ponds (in Augusta and Rockingham counties, VA). | Massachusetts south to ne. Florida and e. Panhandle Florida; disjunct inland in w. Virginia, c. Tennessee (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997), sc. Kentucky, and allegedly c. Arkansas. |  (c) Weakley, Alan |
| Polygalaceae | Senega officinalis var. 1 [=officinalis] | Northern Senega Snakeroot | Woodlands and openings, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks. | Québec west to Alberta, south to n. Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, and South Dakota. |  (c) Ungberg, Eric - C, permission granted to NCBG |
| Polygalaceae | Senega officinalis var. 2 [=latifolia] | Southern Senega Snakeroot | Woodlands and openings, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks. | New York west to Minnesota, South Dakota, and British Columbia, south to n. Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming. |  (c) Weise, Armin |
| Polygalaceae | Senega polygama | Bitter Milkwort, Racemed Milkwort | Longleaf pine sandhills, woodlands, woodland borders. | Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Minnesota south to s. Florida and Texas. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Polygalaceae | Senega ramosa | Short Pinebarren Milkwort, Low Pinebarren Milkwort | Wet pine savannas, pocosin margins, bogs. | S. New Jersey south to s. peninsular Florida, west to e. Texas; rarely disjunct inland. |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY |
| Polygalaceae | Senega rugelii | Yellow Milkwort | Wet pine flatwoods, wet slash pine savannas, cutthroat seepages and savannas. Wet to dry sandy roadsides. | Extreme e. Panhandle Florida and n. peninsular Florida south to s. Florida. |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY |
| Polygalaceae | Senega sanguinea | Blood Milkwort, Field Milkwort | Bogs, fens, seeps, prairies, woodlands, openings, woodland borders. | Nova Scotia and Minnesota, south to nw. South Carolina, n. Georgia, and e. Texas. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Polygalaceae | Senega setacea | Coastal Plain Milkwort | Pine flatwoods and bogs. | E. Georgia and Panhandle Florida south to s. Florida. Reported by Small (1933) as occurring north to North Carolina and west to s. Mississippi (apparently erroneously). |  (c) Cressler, Alan M. |
| Polygalaceae | Senega smallii | Small’s Milkwort, Tiny Milkwort, Small’s Small Milkwort | Pine rocklands, Florida scrub, scrubby pine flatwoods. | Endemic to Atlantic Coast Ridge of se. Florida (St. Lucie, Martin, Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties). |  (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Polygalaceae | Senega verticillata var. 1 [=verticillata] | Whorled Milkwort | Dry woodlands, woodland borders, openings, fields. | Maine west to Michigan, south to w. Virginia, w. North Carolina, and Tennessee. |  (c) Julie, Tuttle - C, permission granted to NCBG |
| Polygalaceae | Senega verticillata var. 2 [=isocycla] | Whorled Milkwort | Dry woodlands, woodland borders, openings, fields. | Vermont west to Manitoba, south to Panhandle Florida (Kunzer et al. 2009), s. Florida, and Texas. |  (c) Campos, Aidan |