fringed polygala
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Youth, after all, is a shamefaced and secretive season; like the fringed polygala, it hides its real blossom underground.
From Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness by Henry Van Dyke
The spring-beauty, the painted trillium, the fringed polygala, the showy lady's-slipper, are all more striking to look upon, but they do not quite touch the heart; they lack the soul that perfume suggests.
From The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers by John Burroughs
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