fringed polygala

noun

a North American milkwort, Polygala paucifolia, having flowers with purplish-pink, winglike petals and a fringed tube.

I usually find it and the fringed polygala in bloom at the same time; the lady's-slipper is a little later.

Youth, after all, is a shamefaced and secretive season; like the fringed polygala, it hides its real blossom underground.

I must not forget to mention that delicate and lovely flower of May, the fringed polygala.

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