| Family | POLYGALACEAE |
| Genus species | Polygaloides paucifolia (Willd.) J.R.Abbott |
| Bibliography | J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 5: 134 (2011) |
| Native Range | c. & e. Canada to nc. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 50-700m |
| Description | subterranean stolons, leaves crowded, ovate, weakly curvate, to base and to apex tapered, pale green, abaxially dark purple, flowers shortly pedicellate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pale crimson |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Polygala commutata Sweet Polygala paucifolia Willd. Polygala paucifolia f. alba Wheelock Polygala paucifolia f. albiflora Farw. Polygala paucifolia f. caerulea R.J.Eaton Polygala paucifolia var. pubescens R.J.Eaton Polygala paucifolia f. vestita Fernald Polygala purpurea W.T.Aiton Polygala uniflora Michx. Triclisperma grandiflora Raf. Triclisperma paucifolia (Willd.) Nieuwl. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (NBR New Brunswick, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, MIN Minnesota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. |