Small Milkwort

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Small Milkwort - Colleen Miller | Small Milkwort - Elspeth Swan

Comesperma polygaloides

Slender upright herb or subshrub to 20 cm tall. Leaves bluish-green, narrow and oblong to 17 mm long and 3 mm wide. Flowers purple-mauve, butterfly-like in shape and resembling pea flowers, in clusters 2-7 cm long.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Distinctive Features

Long stems with clusters of purple to mauve pea-like flowers with butterfly-like wings.
Biology

Perennial. Grows clumps of upright stems from woody underground rhizomes.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Dec-Jun
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Fabales
Family
Polygalaceae
Genus
Comesperma
Species
polygaloides

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Threatened by heavy grazing including rabbits, and disturbance of its habitat which allows weeds to establish.

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native