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Polygala virgata Thunb.
Family Polygalaceae
Polygala virgata Thunb. APNI*

Description: Erect slender shrub, usually 1–3 m high, at least lower branches ± leafless and with knobbly scars from fallen leaves; stems sparsely hairy.

Leaves ± linear or oblanceolate to narrow-elliptic, usually 1–5 cm long, 1–5 mm wide, sparsely hairy.

Racemes terminal and in upper axils, 4–12 cm long, often forming terminal panicles; pedicels 5–10 mm long. Flowers 12–15 mm long, purple to pale lilac. Outer sepals 3–5 mm long; wing sepals petaloid, 10–15 mm long. Keel shorter than lateral petals, crested with 2 finely branched appendages 4–5 mm long.

Capsule oblique-obovate, c. 10 mm long.


Habit
Photo L. von Richter

Flower
Photo A.E. Orme

Herbarium
Sheet

Flowering: July–November

Distribution and occurrence: Cultivated, naturalized in disturbed sites; chiefly from southern Sydney to Myall Lakes. Native of Afr.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC
AVH map***

Text by L. Murray
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


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