Chasmogamous and cleistogamous flowers of Polygala paucifolia, Fringed Polygala.
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I haven’t been able to find any photographs of cleistogamous flowers for Polygala paucifolia Willd. on the internet, so I decided to try to find and photograph some for this Plants of New Hampshire blog.  I found some plants today and took some pictures – you will find a couple here.  Remember that cleistogamous flowers are […]

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Polygala paucifolia, Fringed Milkwort.  Maianthemum canadense, Canada Mayflower, in the background.
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Polygala paucifolia Willd. is a small herb found on the forest floor.  This plant has two types of flowers, above ground, attractive, pinkish or purplish flowers (chasmogamous) and below ground, inconspicuous, white flowers that self (cleistogamous).  The above ground flowers have colorful petals, one of which is fringed. The seeds of this plant are ant […]

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