Field Milkwort

Common name: Field Milkwort
(Purple Milkwort; Blood Milkwort)

Scientific name: Polygala sanguinea

Dimensions:
    Flower: About 1/8" (3 mm) long
    cluster 1/2-3/4" (1.5-2 cm) long
    Plant height: 5-15" (13-38 cm)

Blooming period: June-October

Habitat: Fields, meadows, open woods

Description: Tiny pink to rose or greenish flowers in a very dense head-like cluster; 5 sepals, green or pink, inner 2 forming wings; 3 petals. Leaves 1/2 to 1½" (1.5-4 cm) long, linear or narrowly elliptic, scattered. Milkwort family. (September 5)