Fringed Polygala

 Fringed Polygala, 

Polygala paucifolia, Polygaloides paucifolia, Other common names: Bird-on-the-Wing, Flowering Wintergreen, Fringed Milkwort, Gay Wings, Gaywings. The leaves were used externally by the Iroquois as a wash or poultice to treat abscesses, boils and sores. It was once believed that leaves fed to nursing mothers or dairy cattle would increase milk production.

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