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Fringed Polygala [Polygala paucifolia]

Flower      

Common Name: Fringed Polygala
Scientic Name: Polygala paucifolia
Colors: Red
Months Appearing: May

Also called Flowering Wintergreen or Gaywings.

Three to six inches tall.

Petals united into a tube, the lower of which has a fringe. Two lateral sepals of the same color. 

Evergreen leaves. Eliptical to oval.

Woods.