Noun: fringed polygala
- Common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals
"fringed polygala spread across the forest floor like tiny purple butterflies";
- flowering wintergreen, gaywings, bird-on-the-wing, Polygala paucifolia
Derived forms: fringed polygalas
Type of: milkwort
Encyclopedia: Fringed polygala