Polygala paucifolia Polygala paucifolia

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common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals  ( bird-on-the-wing, flowering wintergreen, fringed polygala, gaywings, Polygala paucifolia )
common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals