210 PINK TO MAGENTA 



1. FRINGED MILKWORT; FLOWERING 

 WINTERGREEN: Gay Wings: Fringed Poly- 

 gala. Polygala paucifdlia. 



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 Polygala. 



Polygala 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 



