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Polygala senega is a species of flowering plant in the milkwort family, Polygalaceae. It is native to North America, where it is distributed in southern Canada and the central and eastern United States.<ref name="int"/> Its common names include Seneca snakeroot,<ref name="int2"/> senega snakeroot, senegaroot,<ref nameParts Used="int"/> rattlesnake ={{Parts Used|Dried root, and mountain flax}}.

== Description Chemical Composition== This species is Seneca snakeroot contains a perennial herb with multiple stems up to 50 centimeters tall. The stems are usually unbranched, but some old plants can have branching stems. A mature plant can have up to 70 stems growing series of saponins constructed from a hard, woody rootstock that spreads horizontally. The lance-shaped leaves are alternately arranged. The lower leaves are reduced and scalethe trihydroxy-like. The inflorescence is a spike of rounded white or greenish flowers. The fruit is a capsule containing two hairy black seeds. The root is twisted and conicaloleanane, with a scent somewhat like wintergreen and a very pungent taste. There are two root morphs; a northern morph growing in Canada and toward Minnesota has larger roots up to 15 centimeters long by 1.2 wide which are dark brown and sometimes purplish toward the top, and a southern morph found in the southeastern United States that has smaller, yellow-brown rootsdioic acid triterpene skeleton.<ref name="chemical composition"/>

The plant grows on prairies and in woods and wet shoreline and riverbank habitat. It grows in thin==Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=Cenakanankai|te=|hi=|en=Milkwort, rocky, usually calcareous soils. It also occurs in disturbed habitat, such as roadsides.Rattlesnake root}}

== Uses Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya===

*Its species name honors the Seneca people===Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), a Native American group who used the plant to treat snakebite.Kashaya (Astringent)*The Cherokee<ref name="uses2"/> used it as an expectorant and a diuretic==Guna===Laghu (Light), and for inflammationRuksha (Dry), croupTikshna (Sharp)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, and common cold.Vata*The Chippewa<ref name="uses"/> used preparations of the root to treat convulsions and bleeding wounds.==Prabhava===

== References Habit== {{Habit|Herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|The leaves are simple i.e lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets}}<referencesref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|White|8|Flowers Season is June - August and the flower is bilaterally symmetrical}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|General|3–3.5 mm|The fruit is dry and splits open when ripe||Many}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used== ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Prefers a moderately fertile moisture-retentive well-drained soil, succeeding in full sun if the soil remains moist throughout the growing season<ref name="intHow to plant/cultivate"/>[https://npgsweb ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|At tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests}}, {{Commonly seen|Fields}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">Polygala senega 2.arsjpgPolygala senega NY-dist-grinmap.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetailpngPolygala senega usgs.aspx?29219 jpgPolygala senega.]jpg</refgallery> ==References==<references><ref name="int2chemical composition">[https://plantswww.usdadrugs.govcom/corenpp/profile?symbol=POSE3 "Polygala senega". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 11 October 2015-root.html Chemistry]</ref><ref name="usesLeaf">[https://engobotany.wikipedianewenglandwild.org/wikispecies/Ojibwe "Cherokee"polygala/senega/ Plant characteristics] Wikipedia</ref><ref name="uses2How to plant/cultivate">[https://enwww.wikipediapfaf.org/wikiUser/Cherokee "Cherokee "Plant.aspx?LatinName=Polygala+senega Cultivation details] Wikipedia</ref>

== External Links ==* [https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-679/senega Polygala senega on illinoiswildflowers.info]* [https://www.herbal-supplement-resource.com/senega-root.html Senega Root Uses, Benefits and Side Effects]* [https://www.henriettes-herb.com/eclectic/kings/polygala.html Polygala senega on henrites herbal home page]* [http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/56cdc31dab54ae2561516fd092b3696c/bc6cb1156c38c632387db988771d9c12 Polygala senega on envis centre on medicinal house]