Polygala paucifolia

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Polygala paucifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Polygala paucifolia, Willd. Flowering Wintehgreen. Gaywings. Fringed Milkwort. Fringed Polygala. Fig. 3099. Trailer, 3-6 in. high: upper lvs. clustered, ovate, 1 1/2 in. long; lower lvs. distant, small, and becoming mere bracts at the base: fls. bright rosy purple, varying to white, 1-4: in the axils of the upper lvs. or appearing terminal. May, June. New Bruns, to Winnipeg, and Ga. Prefers moist woods and sphagnum bogs. B.M. 2852 (petals white). B.B. 2:361. Var. alba was once offered by a Mass, dealer in hardy plants, where it grows wild. One sometimes finds violet-fld. forms. The species bears cleistogamous fls. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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