10 PINK TO MAGENTA 



1. FRINGED MILKWORT; FLOWERING 

 WINTERGREEN: Gay Wings: Fringed Poly- 

 gala. Poly gala paucifolia. 



Milkwort Family. May July. 



Found in moist woods. Eastern Quebec to 

 Minnesota and Illinois, south in Alleghenies. 

 FLOWERS Magenta, magenta-crimson, or rarely 

 white, very irregular in form, fringed 

 on the tip. 



LEAVES Clustered at the summit of the stem, 

 3-6 inches high. 



2. FIELD MILKWORT: Common or Purple 

 Milkwort: Purple Poly gala. 



Poly gala sanguinea. 



Milkwort Family. June Sept. 



Found in moist or sandy fields, roadsides. 

 Southern Canada to North Carolina, west to 

 the Mississippi. 



FLOWERS Deep or pale magenta, rarely white, 

 tiny, clustered in globular or oblong 

 heads, terminating stems 6-12 inches 

 high. 

 LEAVES Small, narrow 



