| Name | Polygala sanguinea Linnaeus |
| Authorship | Linnaeus |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Polygala Linnaeus |
| Contains | Polygala sanguinea f. albiflora Millspaugh |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:692266-1 |
| Holdings | 542 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Polygala sanguinea Linnaeus |
| Identification made in | [no date] (530), 1898 (3), 1942 (1), 1982 (1), 1984 (4), 2013 (3) |