Similar Species: The loosely clustered, white flowers are usually distinctive. The flower heads of Whorled Milkweed are conical and the leaves are in whorls, not alternate on the stem.
Lucas Land
Seneca Snakeroot
Polygala senega
From Nearctica
Identification: Flowers white, pealike, with one petal with an apical fringe. Flowers arranged loosely in a long apical spike. Leaves elongate, slightly ovate, alternate, and closely crowded along the stem. Plant 6 to 18 inches in height.
Distribution: Alberta in the west to New Brunswick in the east, southward to Georgia and Arkansas.
Habitat: Seneca Snakeroot is typically found in rocky woods.
Flowering period: May to July.