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