Forbs of Treehaven

Fringed Polygala Polygala paucifolia

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Foliage Type: leaf Arrangement: simple, alternate

Distinguishing features:

  • plant - 3 to 6 inches, from slender creeping rootstock
  • leaves - evergreen, egg-shaped, with smaller scale-like leaves along the stem
  • flower - 3/4 inch, dainty flower with 2 flaring pink-purple wings, petals united into a tube, lower petal tipped with bushy fringe

Habitats:
  • dry mesic sites
  • mesic sites
  • wet mesic sites

Often confused with:
  • wintergreen
  • partridgeberry

Ecological Value:

Did You Know?

Fringed Polygala

  • is also called flowering wintergreen.

Uses / Ethnobotanical uses:

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 Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001. This page was created by H. Knodle, M. Luthin, D. Jakes, P. Vandersteen & R. Lundquist.

 Last updated on September 30, 2001.

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