| Name | Polygala alba Nuttall |
| Authorship | Nuttall |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Polygala Linnaeus |
| Contains | Polygala alba var. brachystachya Chodat Polygala alba var. suspecta S. Watson Polygala alba var. tenuifolia (Pursh) Blake |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330523-2 |
| Citation | 1818 Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall] 2: 87 |
| Holdings | 160 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Polygala alba Nuttall |
| Identification made in | [no date] (157), 1956 (1), 1965 (1), 1987 (1) |